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My Calligraphical Collection Vol 1 – Fragment Volume

Paper · 28 pages · 1700 CE · England

F-mf4b

Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, PL 2981

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The Pepys Library holds a number of manuscript and printed book fragments. In 1700 these fragments were deliberately collected and arranged by Samuel Pepys into his 'Calligraphical' albums, with added written commentary by Pepys's associate Humfrey Wanley. The appearance of the fragments in the album is much like a scrapbook, and they are arranged in chronological order to demonstrate how handwriting styles changed over time. The introductory pages to this album give additional contextual information about how the album was put together and its contents.

(Catherine Sutherland (Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK))

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Rosamond McKitterick and Joyce Irene Whalley, Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge. Volume 4, Music, Maps and Calligraphy. Woodbridge: Brewer, 1989.
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06/20/2023

My Calligraphical Collection Vol 1

Paper · 28 pages · 1700 CE · England

F-mf4b

Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, PL 2981

My Calligraphical Collection Vol 1 – Fragment Volume

Paper · 28 pages · 1700 CE · England

F-mf4b

Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, PL 2981

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Lorrain, Paul,

Role: Scribe
Authority Source: VIAF
Biographical data:

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703

Role: Previous Owner
Authority Source: VIAF
Biographical data:

Wanley, Humphrey, 1672-1726

Role: Describer
Authority Source: VIAF
Biographical data:

England

Role: Origin
Authority Source: Library of Congress

My Calligraphical Collection Vol 1 Comprehending as well Original Proofs of the Hand-Writing of the Ancients in Several Ages within the last 1000. Years; & the Competition for Maistery, between the Librarians & Printers, upon the first breaking-out of the Latter: as, the Performances of all the Celebrated Masters of the Penn (now Extant and Recoverable) whether Domestick or Forreign, by Hand or Burin, within the Past & praesent Age. Put=together Anno Domini 1700.

F-mf4b

Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, PL 2981

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My Calligraphical Collection Vol 1, Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, PL 2981