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OverviewThis volume presents the first printed edition of a late sixteenth-century poetic miscellany and provides invaluable insight into understanding the literature of the period. Its owner and principal scribe, Humfrey Coningsby, drew on texts circulating in manuscript , predominantly by contemporary writers of the time—including Philip Sidney, Edward Dyer, Arthur Gorges, Walter Ralegh, Elizabeth I, the Earl of Oxford, Nicholas Breton, George Peele, and Thomas Watson. Coningsby also added at least two of his own compositions, along with anonymous poems not found in any other manuscripts or printed books. This edition preserves the appearance, spelling, and punctuation of the original manuscript while expanding antiquated contractions to provide an easily readable text. Textual notes appear on the page, and in-depth contextual notes and word glosses are provided in the commentary section. The analyses add to our knowledge of early modern manuscript culture and literary manuscript transmission, and a substantial introduction provides context for the compilation of the anthology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jessica Edmondes , Humfrey ConingsbyPublisher: Iter Press Imprint: Iter Press Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.898kg ISBN: 9781649590206ISBN 10: 1649590202 Pages: 426 Publication Date: 13 January 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsAbbreviations and conventions List of illustrations Introduction Physical description The hands: A-G The identity of the compiler Oxford University (November 1581 to September 1583) Inns of Court (ca. 1584) The travels Padua and Hungary: April 1594-98 Constantinople: February? 1599-April 1600 Final journeys Other people associated with Hy Robert Allott St Loe Kniveton Joyce Jeffreys The poets and scribal communities Edward Dyer and Philip Sidney Spenser, Ralegh, and Gorges The Earl of Oxford and his client-poets Nicholas Breton The “Holborn set”: the metropolitan literary milieu Verse forms and features Subjects, themes, and genres Organization and headings Dating the anthology Scribal habits Authorial and other attributions Entries subscribed with the compiler’s initials Entries identified as ballets Correcting and perfecting Editorial conventions Note on the collations Note on the cypher Text of BL Harl. MS 7392(2) Commentary Appendices 1-4 Bibliography of Manuscripts with Poems in Hy Early Modern Printed Books Cited in Full in This Edition Works Cited in This Edition by Author-Date System Index of First Lines Modernized Author IndexReviewsAuthor InformationHumfrey Coningsby (1567–1610) was heir to a manor in Neen Sollars, Shropshire and belonged to the branch of an ancient family whose members had once been Barons of Coningsby in Lincolnshire. He was a great traveller, setting off on his last journey, bound for Venice, in 1610 and, as the tomb memorial records, “was never after seene by any of his aquaintance on this side, the seas, or beyond, nor any certainty known of his death, wher, when, or how.” Jessica Edmondes works in the collections management department at the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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