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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001120
TitleSir Henry Lee's Devices: Speeches, poems etc. from entertainments presented to Queen Elizabeth I
ShelfmarkAdd MS 41499
Creation Dateca. 1600 - 1600
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteSpeeches, poems and entertainments presented to Queen Elizabeth I "on Queen's Day and various other occasions." Queen's Day was instituted in 1570 to commemorate Elizabeth's accession to the throne on 17 November 1558.
Material FeaturesFolio. Modern half-morocco. 22 leaves.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Lee, Henrymanuscript owner - Lee-Dillon, Harold
Provenance
AcquisitionPresented by Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon.
Source of DataBL Catalogue; CELM; Anne James; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteWritten in a single secretary hand.
Sermons Contained'The zealous mans Teares' -- ff. 16v-22v
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13602574TNA Catalogue entry for British Library, Add MS 41499.
GEMMS record createdMarch 25, 2019
GEMMS record last editedNovember 19, 2020