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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number MS OGDEN/19
TitleClement Robinson, "A handefull of pleasant delites"
DateEarly 19th century
DescriptionEarly 19th-century manuscript copy of 'A handefull of pleasant delites containing sundrie new sonets and delectable histories in divers kindes of meeter ... With new additions of certain songs to verie late devised notes ... ' by Clement Robinson and divers others (the original text printed by Richard Jhones in London, 1584). Unpaginated. Copies original signatures.
Extent73 folios
CustodialHistoryThe manuscript once belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 2578. It was later part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century. Formerly Ogden A123.
AcquisitionPart of the C K Ogden Library acquired by UCL in 1953.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
FindingAidsHandlist at University College London Special Collections.
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