Yes, it occurred to me too that it might be Spenser's STEMMATA
DUDLEIANA. Fascinating to have a possible record of it.
Lee Piepho
On Jun 27, 2007, at 2:07 PM, James C. Nohrnberg wrote:
> Could "Leycester sa Genealogie. 4o" possibly be related to, or shed
> light on, or be evidence for the existence & circulation of Edm.
> Spenser's Stemmata Dudleiana (as referred to in the Three ...
> Letters of Spenser and Harvey) (and with its possible connection to
> The Ruines of Time, i.e. to Sidney and his sister, to which RT is
> dedicated)???
>
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:18:09 -0400
> Joseph Black <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> A bibliographical puzzle for the list, from the manuscript
>> catalogue of the
>> Sidney family library at Penshurst (ca. 1655-65). Would anyone have
>> suggestions that might help us identify the catalogue entry:
>> "Leycester sa
>> Genealogie. 4o"’?
>> If this entry represents a printed book, it could reflect the
>> running head of
>> a book with a quite different title (a common practice with this
>> cataloguer).
>> But the entry might also refer to a manuscript, though the
>> catalogue often
>> identifies as such the few manuscripts it lists. If manuscript,
>> it could be a
>> genealogy compiled for the use of Robert Sidney, the 2nd earl
>> (1595-1677)
>> while he was ambassador extraordinary in Paris in the
>> late 1630'S. It could also be a text connected with the family’'s
>> successful
>> attempt to recapture the Leicester title.
>> On the other hand, the text might be a version (printed or
>> manuscript)
>> of /Leicester’s Commonwealth/, /Leicester’s Ghost/, or a related
>> libel: the
>> library catalogue also lists a copy of a 1641 edn. of /Leicester’s
>> Commonwealth/, and, listed as “Leycester sa vie”, the French
>> translation, /Discours de la vie abominable ... desquelles a usé
>> et use
>> journellement le my lorde de Lecestre machiaveliste/ (1585).
>> Any thoughts appreciated.
>> Joe Black and Germaine Warkentin
>
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