[Commonplace Book].
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
circa 1600
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 3008982
Summary
Manuscript commonplace book containing, in the main, quotations from scripture and elsewhere, with some exposition. Pages extremely closely written and utilising extensive contractions and abbreviations. The final leaf contains a list of scriptural references. The final three leaves are written from verso to recto and upsidedown.
Bibliographic description
[109] leaves . 8vo.. The first leaf is loose, incipit wanting. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sheep; double blind fillet to form a border; sewn onto three vellum cords.