Epicedium for John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater (d. 1649) and his wife Frances Stanley Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater (d.1636),with various epithalamia and acrostic verses celebrating the marriage of their daughter Magdalen to Sir Gervase Cutler, 1633.
Description
Physical Description:
29 pages, 34 cm. Notes:
An elaborately decorated and painted collection of celebratory
verses for the marriage of Lady Magdalen Egerton (d. 1664) to Sir
Gervase Cutler (d. 1644), including two painted coats of arms fully
blazoned in proper colors and gilt, a watercolor emblem of bowmen
with the legend "Omnia Vincit Amor," and a painted and decorated
family tree pedigree of the Egerton family. The whole written in an
amateur calligraphic hand, with painted borders and minor floral
decorations, and with additions in a slightly later hand to 1644.
Two of the verses are signed: by "Th. Saintleger" and "Ab. Darbie."
Item was originally bound, however, it is now unbound. Original
order of the pages is unknown. Subjects:
Bridgewater, Frances Egerton, Countess of, 1583-1636. ;
Bridgewater, John Egerton, Earl of, -1649. ; Cutler, Gervase, Sir,
fl. 1633. ; Cutler, Magdalen Egerton Cutler, Lady, d. 1664. ;
Egerton family. ; Heraldry -- England -- 17th century -- Sources. ;
Marriage -- Poetry. ; Poetry, Modern -- 17th century -- Texts. ;
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Sources. Form/Genre:
Coats of arms England 17th century. (aat) ; Pedigrees England 17th
century. (aat) ; Poetry England 17th century. (aat) ; Cataloging Notes:
Folios are protected in individual mylar sleeves. Each sleeve is
numbered in the lower-left corner (1-12). These numbers do not
reflect original pagination. In the digital format, single folios
are identified as recto-verso (i.e. 1r, 2v). Bifolios are
identified with a/b (indicating recto side of the folio, read left
to right) and c/d (indicating the verso side of the folio, read
left to right).
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