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Title
[Commonplace book].
Creator
Martin, Thomas, 1520 or 1521-1592 or 1593.
Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.
Date Created and/or Issued
[1673-1677]
Contributing Institution
UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection
Early Modern English Manuscripts from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Scope/Content: Manuscript. In English and Latin, with some Greek.
Scope/Content: Manuscript commonplace book, containing original verse, anagrams, excerpts from the Bible and from Clarke's Lives. At least two hands contributed to the volume. In addition to what is clearly Martyn's 1670's hand, there also appears to be another, slightly later contributor as well.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Commonplace books
Poems
Biographies
Ownership inscriptions (Provenance)
Extent
[164] p., bound ;16 cm.
Identifier
ark:/21198/n1pw31
MS.1977.012
Language
English
eng
Latin
lat
Greek
grc
Subject
Puritans--England--17th century.
Place
England
Provenance
On front free endpaper: "Thomas Martyn, Anno Salutis, 1673;" Several other locations are signed "Tho: Martyn" and "Thomas Martyn junior" and are dated 1674-1677; The name "Joannes Martyn" also appears.
Location
CLUW

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