| Document Reference | Pw V 327 |
| Title | MS poem, titled 'Aedes Blenhemianae', written by William Murray, Earl of Mansfield for Christ Church, Oxford poetry prize; 1728 |
| Date | 1728 |
| Extent | 2 ff |
| Level | Item/file |
| Content Description | Text consists of 150 lines in hexameters.
A prize poem written during the years Murray spent at Christ Church, Oxford where he matriculated on 18 June 1723; he had a remakable talent for declamation and studied classics at University.
Endorsed Mr Murrays verses upon Blenheim 1728. |
| Title Of Work | Aedes Blenhemianae |
| First Line of Poem | Quae quondam Phaebo placidaeq<ue> sacrata Mineruae |
| Last Line of Poem | Cantanti Isiacae resonabunt carmine Musae |
| Language | Latin |
| Term | education, universities, Christ Church Oxford & buildings, Blenheim Palace |
| Physical Description | Large sheet folded once forming two folios
Physical match: Pw V 318 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 319 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 320 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 321 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 322 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 323 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 324 (dimensions, script)
Physical match: Pw V 325 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 326 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 328 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 329 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 330 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 331 (dimensions, script) & Pw V 332 (dimensions, script) |
| Condition | Good except for the tear in central fold |
| Descriptive Features | Watermark: Post Horn within crowned shield, monogram 4W suspended from the shield and flanked by letter L and name Gerrevink, 113 x 100 mm
Countermark: Letters IV, 10 x 20 mm |
| Watermark | Horn (crowned shield) |
| Related Material | HMC 6th Rep. App. p 680 item 206, among papers of Lord Monboddo of Monboddo House, in the co. of Kincardine |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
| NA11462 | Murray; William (1705-1793); 1st Earl of Mansfield; solicitor-general 1742-54; attorney general 1754-56; cr Earl Mansfield 1792 | 1705-1793 |
Places
| Code | Set |
| PL424 | /Oxford/Oxfordshire/England |
| PL11202 | /Woodstock/Oxfordshire/England |