Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 376: Roger Taverner, De fame [Of the Means to Prevent Famine in this Land]
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 376 contains two essays by Roger Taverner (d. 1582) addressed to Queen Elizabeth. The first, and most extensive, of these essays addresses the prevention of famine in England and the second is a brief discussion of coin devaluation. The author was the surveyor of the royal forests south of the Trent and brother to Richard Taverner (c. 1505-75).
- Contents
- Remedies ... of dearth of victuals -- On the devaluation of coinage
Description
Alternative title | Roger Taverner |
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Type of resource | mixed material |
Extent | ff. viii + 141 |
Date created | [ca. 1500 - 1599] |
Language | English |
Material | Paper |
Layout | 27 lines to a page |
Height (mm) | 204 |
Width (mm) | 148 |
Writing | clearly written |
Foliation | ff. i-v + pp. 1-142 + ff. vi-vii |
Research | The author was brother to the more celebrated Richard Taverner, and was surveyor of the royal forests south of the Trent. He is mentioned in Tanner's Bibliotheca. |
Bibliographic information
M.R. James Date | xvi |
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Downloadable James Catalogue Record | |
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record | |
Contains |
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TJames | 340 |
Stanley | 17. 1 |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/db985sg7205 |
Location | MS 376 |
Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
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- Use and reproduction
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- License
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Collection
Parker Manuscripts
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