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Document Reference	Pw V 295
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Equi ecphrasis ex Jobi capite trigesimo nono desumpta, et Latino carmine reddita', by [Michael Maittaire]; n.d. [1722]
Date	1722
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 27 lines in hexameters. The poem is a version based on Job 39.19-25. Signed 'M.M.', and endorsed in hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford 'R[eceived] from Mr Mattaire Dec: 19: 1722'.
Title Of Work	Equi ecphrasis ex Jobi capite trigesimo nono desumpta
First Line of Poem	Anne suam vim fortis equus, te dante, recepit?
Last Line of Poem	Se geminans, tanquam tonitru, ferit aethera murmur
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quartos Pw V 294 (paper, scribe)
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, approx. 34 x 26 mm
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
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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
NA74480	Maittaire; Michael (1668-1747); Mr; classical writer; master at Westminster 1695-99	1668-1747

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