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On the fair budd of honor and vertew John Lindsay of Arnbathie : Single leaf c.1680.
Literary Manuscripts Leeds: Sources from The Brotherton Library, University of Leeds Available online
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 f.
- Summary:
- Poem in praise of the young John Lindsay of Arnbathie (i.e. Abernethy?), evidently of the family of the Earls of Crawford, exhorting him to continued virtue in the future
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:Lt 69
- The author of the manuscript is unknown. On recto of single leaf (verso blank), text enclosed in a printed rectangular border decorated with pictures of cats, dogs, insects and flowers. Gilded initial letters of the first 11 lines form an acrostic on the recipient's name. Signed at end 'W.J.'. Possibly autograph
- Local Notes:
- Single leaf, possibly autograph, the text within a printed rectangular border decorated with crudely hand-coloured pictures, possibly intended as a greetings card; c.1,680.
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