Add MS 41499 - Sir Henry Lee's Devices: Speeches, poems etc. from entertainments presented to Queen Elizabeth I

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 29
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1120)
Title
Sir Henry Lee's Devices: Speeches, poems etc. from entertainments presented to Queen Elizabeth I
Shelfmark
Add MS 41499
Creation Date
ca. 1600 - 1600
Repository
British Library
Contents Note

Speeches, poems and entertainments presented to Queen Elizabeth I "on Queen's Day and various other occasions." Queen's Day was instituted in 1570 to commemorate Elizabeth's accession to the throne on 17 November 1558.

Material Features

Folio. Modern half-morocco. 22 leaves.

Associated People
Acquisition

Presented by Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon.

Source of Data

BL Catalogue; CELM; Anne James; Hannah Yip.

Other Note

Written in a single secretary hand.

Sermons Contained
URLs
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13602574 TNA Catalogue entry for British Library, Add MS 41499.
GEMMS record created
March 25, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024