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Author:   Jane A. Lawson (Emory University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   51
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 5.00cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.326kg
ISBN:  

9780197265260

ISBN 10:   019726526
Pages:   730
Publication Date:   07 February 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Extant New Year's Gift Rolls Transcribed Texts 1559 1 Elizabeth : John Rylands Library, Manchester, MS Eng 117 1562 4 Elizabeth : British Library, Harley Roll V.18 1563 5 Elizabeth : PRO, C 47/3/38 1564 6 Elizabeth : Folger Shakespeare Library, MS Z.d.12 1565 7 Elizabeth : Folger Shakespeare Library, MS Z.d.13 1567 9 Elizabeth : British Library, MS Additional 9772 1568 10 Elizabeth : Society of Antiquaries, London, MS 538 1571 13 Elizabeth : Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.T., Boughton House 1575 17 Elizabeth : Folger Shakespeare Library, MS Z.d.14 1576 18 Elizabeth : British Library, MS Additional 4827 1577 19 Elizabeth : PRO, C 47/3/39 1578 20 Elizabeth : Society of Antiquaries, London, MS 537 1579 21 Elizabeth : Folger Shakespeare Library, MS Z.d.15 1581 23 Elizabeth : Eton College, MS 192 1582 24 Elizabeth : Somerset Heritage Centre, Taunton RO DD\MI/19/1; British Library, MS Harley 1644 1584 26 Elizabeth : British Library, MS Egerton 3052 1585 27 Elizabeth : Folger Shakespeare Library, MS Z.d.16 1588 30 Elizabeth : British Library, MS Additional 8159 1589 31 Elizabeth : British Library, Lansdowne Roll 17 1594 36 Elizabeth 1597 39 Elizabeth : Morgan Library & Museum, New York, MS MA 3199; British Library Facs 672 1598 40 Elizabeth : PRO, C 47/3/40 1599 41 Elizabeth : Folger Shakespeare Library, MS Z.d.17 1600 42 Elizabeth : Fondation Martin Bodmer, Geneva; British Library RP 294 vol.1 1603 45 Elizabeth : PRO, C 37/3/41 Bibliography Appendices: Appendix I : Gift Descriptions and Motifs Appendix II : Glossary Appendix III : Offices and Occupations Appendix IV : Custodians of Gifts Appendix V : Biographical Sketches

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Lawson's book is replete with enticing goodies Gerit Quealy, Huffington Post admirable ... Jane Lawson's edition of all the surviving gift rolls kept by the Elizabethan Jewel House to record gifts received and given by the Crown at New Year provides a fascinating journey through the plate, jewels, clothing and scribal books that reflect the brilliance of the late-sixteenth-century court. Felicity Heal, English Historical Review

Lawson's book is replete with enticing goodies Gerit Quealy, Huffington Post

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Jane A Lawson is Coordinator of the Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University.

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