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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 22
Title
Autograph MS volume, entitled 'Horse-manshipp', by William, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; n.d. [May 1660-1667]
Date
May 1660-1667
Extent
47 ff, 2 front and 2 end flyleaves.
Level
Item/file
Access Conditions
Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance.
Content Description
Written after the Restoration of Charles II and Newcastle's return to England (see f 3v), and according to Sönmez, before the final printer's copy of the 1667 riding manual (see f 7v).
Title Of Work
Horse-manshipp
Language
English
ReprodnNote
Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical Description
Folio, 17 written folios followed by 30 blank folios.
Paper is uniformly cropped, 292 x 190 mm.
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Crozier and Post within ornate shield, the crozier is flanked by letters GS, approx. 60 x 40 mm; the entire MS has one type of watermark form.
Free flowing italic script.
Gold stamped vellum on paste-board with remnants of light blue silk ribbon ties to fore-edge; upper and lower covers are decorated with a similar oblong panel enclosed in a double-line fillet close to the outer borders; the central panel consists of a triple-line fillet forming an oblong frame which is decorated with a vase and floral tool stamped at the four corners of the frame; a set of fillet lines ending in small curls are stamped parallel to the central panel; spine is gold stamped with seven double fillet lines from head to tail.
Watermark
Crozier and Post Horn
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
M. J-M. Sönmez, 'English Spelling in the Seventeenth Century: A Study of the nature of Standardisation as seen through the MS and Printed Versions of the Duke of Newcastle's "A New Method"' (Ph.D., University pf Durham, 1993), 2 vols
Duke of Newcastle, A New and Extraordinary Method to dress Horses (London, 1667)
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Dates of existence
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Cavendish; William (1593-1676); 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; cr. Viscount Mansfield 1620; Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne 1628; Marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne 1643; Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne 1665
1593-1676
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