Character studies copied from Clarendon's 'History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars', 1704-1707

This material is held atUniversity of Leicester Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 338 MS 23
  • Former Reference
    • GB 338 MSS/023
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1712
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 450x220mm 1 volume Red leather binding with gold tooling. Pages cropped and blocked in gold leaf.

Scope and Content

Character studies copied from Edward Hyde (Earl of Clarendon)'s 'History of the Rebellion and Civil War' 1704-1707'. Includes 64 engraved portraits of characters from the 'History'. Inscribed on the title-page 'Arabella Maron / Her Book /1712'.

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Other Finding Aids

Included in the publication: 'A handlist of the manuscript collection' , compiled by Brian Burch and Jenny Clark (Leicester University Library, 1998).

See also: Ker, N.R. ' Medieval manuscripts in British libraries ', (Clarendon Press, 1969-1983), Vol.III, pp.85-86.

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