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[Poems]: manuscript, [between 1400-1425]

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Description: Nineteen (19) poems by Thomas Hoccleve. See Digital Scriptorium for full description.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1400-1425
Call number: mssHM 111
Creator: Hoccleve, Thomas (1370?-1450?)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired privately by Henry E. Huntington through A.S.W. Rosenbach, 1923. Binding shows the book to have been in the library of Prince Henry (1594-1612); see S. Jayne an F.R. Johnson, The Lumley Library: the Catalogue of 1609 (London 1956), this manuscript recorded on p. 303. Already alienated by 1661 when the printed books and manuscripts of the Royal Library were catalogued by Thomas Ross (Henry E. Huntington Library, HM 180). Belonged to Anthony Askew (1722-72); his sale, Sotheby's, 7 March 1785, lot 327 to George Mason (1735-1806). While in Mason's possession, Thomas Tyrwhitt made some notes of the disorder of the first leaves in a letter dated 4 April 1785, now affixed to the first pastedown. Mason added to these notes, and eventually published 6 of the poems (arts. 3, 9, 13, 16-18) in his Poems by Thomas Hoccleve (London 1796); his sale, Sotheby's, 25 April 1799, pt. IV, lot 279. Acquired by Richard Heber (1773-1833) with his purchase note in a small, careful script in the upper right corner of the front pastedown; his sale, Evans, 10 February 1836, pt. XI, lot 583 (round label with that number on the spine) to Payne. Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps; his MS 8151 and shelf mark (B.36.550) on fol. i. Notes by Furnivall dated 22 September 1882 added to Tyrwhitt's comments.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Use digital reproductions in the Huntington Digital Library. Original available by special permission only.
Dimensions: 210 x 155 (155-170 x 90) mm
Associated people: Tyrwhitt, Thomas, (1730-1786.); Furnivall, Frederick James, (1825-1910,); Henry Frederick, (1594-1612,); Askew, Anthony, (1722-1774,); Mason, George, (1735-1806,); Heber, Richard, (1773-1833,); Phillipps, Thomas, (1792-1872,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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