A Robin Hood play.
Fragment beginnign "Syr Sheryff for thy sake Robyn hod will y take. I will the gyffe golde and fee ..."
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
R.2.64
| Shelfmark | R.2.64 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Fragment of a Robin Hood Play |
| Alternative Title | A Robin Hood Play (fragment) |
| James Number | n/a |
| Date | Cent. xv.<sup>1</sup> |
| Century | 15th |
| Physical Description | 1 paper leaf, 21 lines |
| Provenance | Given by W. Aldis Wright, Vice-Master, 1908. |
| Donor | Wright, William Aldis (1831–1914), Literary and Biblical Scholar, Vice-Master of Trinity |
| Size (cm) | 28 x 23 Frame; 25 x 20.5 Fragment |
| Material | Paper |
| Language | Middle English |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.2.64/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 04/07/2015 |
Contents
Bibliography
Brantley, J., Reading in the Wilderness: Private Devotion and Public Performance in Late Medieval England (Chicago, London, 2007)
Davis, N., ed., Non-cycle plays and the Winchester dialogues: facsimiles of plays and fragments in various manuscripts and the dialogues in Winchester College MS 33 (Leeds, 1979)
Ker, N. R, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol V (Oxford, 2002), p. 8
Marshall, J., '"Goon in-to Bernysdale": the trail of the Paston Robin Hood play' , in Essays in honour of Peter Meredith, ed. C. Batt (Leeds, 1998), pp. 185-217
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