A game at Chesse by T. Middleton.
Prologue
What of the game calld Chesse-playe can be made.
The Induction
Ignatius Loyola appearing, Error at his foote as asleepe.
First printed in 1624.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
O.2.66
Shelfmark | O.2.66 |
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Manuscript Title | Thomas Middleton, A Game at Chess |
Alternative Title | T. Middleton's Game at Chesse |
James Number | 1170 |
Century | 17th |
Physical Description | 26 lines to a page. In a current hand. |
Provenance | Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. No. 441. |
Donor | Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary |
Size (cm) | 19.5 x 15.5 |
Folio | 52 ff. |
Material | Paper |
Language | English |
IIIF Manifest URL | https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.2.66/manifest.json |
Online Since | 10/10/2015 |
Contents
Bibliography
Howard-Hill, T. H., et al., A Game at Chess (Oxford, 1990)
Iopopolo, G., Dramatists and their Manuscripts in the Age of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Heywood : Authorship, Authority, and the Playhouse, Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture (London, 2006)