A Christian kalendar, consisting of three starrs and many lights, by Martin Baynes

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  • Reference
      GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 53
  • Dates of Creation
      ca. 1615
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      English Latin
  • Physical Description
      1 vol. ([1], 71 ff.), manuscript. The main text is in a single hand, probably autograph, but the marginal notes may be added in a different hand. The title-page is illuminated in gold with a decorated border and symbols for the sun and stars. The volume is bound in dark brown leather with a little gilt tooling.

Scope and Content

Comprises a long religious poem expounding Christian doctrine through imaginative use of the stars; preceded by a dedication to Lady Frances Grantham, a prose dedication to Sir Thomas Grantham, and some epigrammatical lines.

Administrative / Biographical History

Martin Baynes (or Baines) is not otherwise known.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased at Maggs on 25 April 1991.

Note

In English, but with a few Latin phrases.

Other Finding Aids

The poems are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/bcmvlink.htm#bcltq53

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