The monument of matrones : conteining seuen seuerall lamps of virginitie, or distinct treatises; whereof the first fiue concerne praier and meditation: the other two last, precepts and examples, as the woorthie works partlie of men, partlie of women; compiled for the necessarie vse of both sexes out of the sacred Scriptures, and other approoued authors, by Thomas Bentley of Graies Inne student.

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Bentley, Thomas, student of Gray's Inn

Abergavenny, Frances Nevill, Lady, -1576.

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549.

Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548.

Tyrwhit, Elizabeth, Morning, evening prayers.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 174:1.

Standardized Title:

Monument of matrones. Part 1-4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prayers.

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, 49 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 36 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 37-252; pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 253-362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 363-862 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 863-999 pages, 11 unnumbered pages : illustrations

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Second lampe of virginitie.

Third lampe of virginitie.

Fourth lampe of virginitie.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed by H. Denham, [1582]

Notes:

Compiled from the writings of Frances Abergavenny, Anne Askew, Théodore de Bèze, Lady Jane Dudley, and others.

Lamp 2 reprints "A godly medytacyon of the Christen sowle", a translation of: Marguerite, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre. Le miroir de l'âme pécheresse; "The lamentacion of a sinner" and "Prayers or meditacions" by Catharine Parr; and "Morning and evening prayers" by Elizabeth Tyrwhit.

The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A.1.".

The second through fourth parts ("lamps") each have separate title pages dated 1582. Lamp 1 has separate pagination; lamp 3 begins a new register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous.

With five final contents leaves.

"As 1st Hh4 contains the table and errata for lamps 1-3, copies without lamp 4 may represent a purchaser's or binder's option"--STC.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1943. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 174:01). s1943 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 1892.

Related Work:

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. Miroir de l'âme pécheresse. English & French

Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548. Lamentacion of a sinner.

Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548. Prayers or meditacions.

OCLC:

61335074