BRITISH LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, ENGLISH RENAISSANCE, C1500-1700
Also see Microfilms at Cornell of Manuscript and Early Printed Materials
Pertinent to British Medieval and Renaissance Studies, compiled by Prof. A. Galloway, for a more complete listing.
British literary manuscripts from the British Library, London.
[microform] Brighton, Sussex, England : Harvester Microform, 1984-. Film 5903
This collection, Series One: The English Renaissance: Literature from
the Tudor period to the Restoration, c 1500-1700, contains
manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscript collections in
the British Library. The principal focus of the collection is on
creative literary manuscripts of poetry, drama or prose. Any volume
that contained more than one-tenth of such material was included.
All volumes were filmed in their entirety. Writers of all levels
were included. Cornell has parts one, two and three of the series.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES and GUIDES
British literary manuscripts from the British Library,
London. -- Special limited 2nd ed. -- Brighton,
Sussex, England : Harvester Microform, 1986-. Film 5903 guide
Finding aids are provided on film and in hard copy.
Iist of conterits of reels, and descriptive entries for
all items are produced on the first reel of each of
the three parts. In addition, the descriptive entries
for the contents of each reel are produced at the
beginning of each reel. The printed guide also
provides a list of contents of the reels, and the full
text of the descriptive entries. The majority of the
entries are taken from the ~ritish Library's Cataloaue
of Additions to the ManuscriDts. This publication
began in 1843 and is still in progress. Entries were
also typed up from the handwritten Sloane catalog and
from the "Rough Registers" which are the unpublished
catalogs of recent acquisitions.
RELATED SETS:
British literary manuscripts from Cambridge University
Library. Series one: The Medieval Age, c.1150-1500. Film 5902.
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