Henry the Sixth : $b a reprint of John Blacman's memoir, with translation and notesBlakman, John
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Henry the Sixth : $b a reprint of John Blacman's memoir, with translation and notes
Blakman, John
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461; Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471
Below this is a woodcut measuring 99 x 76, and representing a bearded
king in hat with crown about it, clad in ermine tippet, and dalmatic
over long robe. He holds a closed book in his _R._ hand, a sceptre in
his _L._: on the _L._ wrist is a maniple. His head is turned towards
_R._ On _R._ a tree, plants across the foreground: a mound on _L._ with
two trees seen over it.
I feel confident that the woodcut is not intended for a portrait of
Henry VI, and that it really represents some Old Testament personage:
but I have not attempted to trace it in other books.
It has a border in three pieces. Those on _R._ and _L._ are 115 mm. in
height and contain small figures of prophets standing on tall shafts:
that at bottom was designed to be placed vertically, and contains a
half-length figure of a prophet springing out of foliage, and with
foliage above.
On A I _b_ the woodcut is repeated without the border.
Then follows the text as given by me. After it, on B IV _a_, is Robert
Coplande's device, measuring 80 x 95; a wreath of roses and leaves,
comprised within two concentric circles: within it the printer's mark.
Outside in the upper _L._ corner a rose slipped and leaved: in the upper
_R._ corner, a pomegranate.
Below, a scroll inscribed: Robert (_rose_) Coplande.
On B IV _b_ the woodcut of the king, without border.
Below it, in a neat hand:
R. Johnson. prec. 1d.
1523.
For the rest, the volume contains:
Capgrave's _New Legende_, beginning imperfectly in the Table
De S. Esterwino abbate. fo. xxxviii.
This is preceded by two inserted leaves of paper: on the first are the
missing items of the Table, supplied in a rough hand of cent. XVI. On
the second, in a hand of cent. XVIII, is:
Printed at London by Richard Pynson
Printer to the Kings Noble Grace the 20th
day of February 1516. Vid. Page 133.
Newcastle upon Tyne.
This book was found in the Town Clerk's
Office about the latter end (of) the year 1765.
(?) A P G.
At the end of the Table (before A I) is written in a hand of cent. XVI:
The abbridgement of henry the syxthes lyfe ys fastned to the ende
of this booke.
At top of A I (cent. XVI) is: T. T. Collected by Caxton.
On A VIII _b_, B II _a_ is the name (cent. XVI):
Alexander Ridley of ye brom hills.
He has written a good many marginal notes in the book.
_Collation_: Table 2 ff. A8 B4 C8 D4 E8 F4 G8 H4 I8 K4 L8
(i-iii signed) M4 N8 (as L) O4 (i-iii signed) P8 (as L) Q4 R8 (as
L) S4 (i-iii signed: ii, iii both numbered i) T8 (+ 1: 4 leaves
CIX-CXII on the 11000 Virgins inserted after CVII* instead of after
CVIII) U6 (6 blank unnumbered) X8 (Life of S. Byrgette) Y6.
Followed by tract of Walter Hylton: 'to a deuoute man in temperall
estate howe he shulde rule hym' etc. A8 B8 (leaves not numbered).
On CXIX _b_ is Pynson's device: no date.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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