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Manuscript description Item 1 (Front matter), Front pastedown-unnumbered flyleaf (fol.[ii]v) [Shelfmarks on pastedown, followed by a blank flyleaf (fol.[i]).] Item 2 (Preliminaries), fols.[ii]r-[iii]r (rectos only) Item 2.1 (Title page), fol. [ii]r (recto only) Argumenta singulorum capitum evangelii Matthaei apostoli, per Tetrasticha manu Estherae Inglis exarata Londini xxvi Ianuarii, 1607. Item 2.1 (Dedication), fol.[iii]r (recto only) Esther Inglis (Author) William Douglas, seventh earl of Morton (1582-1648) (Dedicatee) To the right honourable and most noble Lord, William Earl of Morton Lord of Dalkeith etc: My Lord, that one unknown to your Lordship be enboldened herself to present you with a few grapes of hir collection, ... shall have some hid corner in your Lordship's cabinet, I pray God (monst noble Lord) to have you always in his keeping By your Lordship's most humble seruant, Esther Inglis. Item 3 (Verse, Religious writing), fols. [iv]r-fol.[xxxi]r (rectos only) Main text of Gualtherus's Paraphrases on Matthew Cap. I Maiores numerat sancti et primordia Christi ... Discipuli visne regna suprema petit. Finis. Item 4 (Back matter), fol.[xxxi]v-back pastedown [On fol.[xxxi]v, "Anno salutis humanis 1700. Tho: Nimmo." and "This Book at present doth belong unto me Grisall Nimmo.". Written sideways near outer edge, "I Grizell Nimmo aught ys Book 1719 Grishilda Nimmo". Fol. [xxxi]v is followed by a flyleaf (fol. [xxxii]) blank on its recto, but with " 1838-W. Scott Moncrieff" on its verso, which is followed in turn by a blank pastedown.] |