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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 88
Title
Volume containing sermon notes written in Thomas Shelton's system of shorthand; 1645=1646
Date
1645-1646
Extent
200 ff (approx.)
Level
Item/file
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
Narrow quarto volume
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Grapes (small) on ornate double stem, approx. 27 x 22 mm (all watermarks are very fragmented)
Block letters and figures of coded language and some annotations in secretary script
No rulings and no margins
Dark brown suede leather on paste board, with double fillet blind tooled on outer border of upper and lower covers; the spine divided into six panels marked by blind tooled double fillets (the panels and double fillets do not correspond with the six binding ridges along the spine). The front and back pastedowns were used by the writer of the book for part of the text, showing that the binding is contemporary with the text.
Watermark
Grapes
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA73450
Shelton; Thomas (1601-c.1650); Mr; stenographer
1601-c.1650
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