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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 285
Title
MS poem in Latin, untitled, by Mr Lawton; 1712
Date
1712
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 48 lines in 12 Alcaic stanzas.
Endorsed in the hand of Robert Harley 'Ode by Mr Lawton, Gent. Com<mo>n<e>r. of St John's Oxon. R[eceived] June 12 1712'.
First Line of Poem
Si quis negabit pocula sobrius
Last Line of Poem
Lampadis instar erit Diana
Language
Latin
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Physical match: Pw2 V 24 (dimensions, paper, script, page) & Pw V 665 (dimensions)
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within ornate shield
Notice gold graphed edges
Watermark
Horn (ornate shield)
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA893
Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714
1661-1724
NA74473
Lawton; - (fl 1712); Mr
fl 1712
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