A Recently Discovered Esther Inglis Manuscript

Abstract In 2016 the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC acquired a previously unidentified manuscript by Esther Inglis, the seventeenth-century Scottish calligrapher. Now Folger MS V.a.665, it dates from 1612, and was a second gift that year from Inglis to Prince Henry. The main text is a...

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Published inLibrary Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 490 - 499
Main Author Ziegler, Georgianna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Oxford University Press 01.12.2018
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
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Inglis, Esther
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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Washington DC
United States > US
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Summary:Abstract In 2016 the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC acquired a previously unidentified manuscript by Esther Inglis, the seventeenth-century Scottish calligrapher. Now Folger MS V.a.665, it dates from 1612, and was a second gift that year from Inglis to Prince Henry. The main text is a copy of the Psalms in French prose, preceded by a lengthy dedication to the Prince. While the text itself is not decorated, the manuscript includes a self-portrait of Inglis and an image of King David at prayer, and the whole is bound in an embroidered binding which may also be by Inglis. This is the fifth and last manuscript presented by Inglis to Prince Henry, not long before his death in November 1612.
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ISSN:0024-2160
1744-8581
DOI:10.1093/library/19.4.490