Gower, John:
Confessio amantis
ISTC No.ig00329000
AuthorGower, John
TitleConfessio amantis
Formatf°
NotesThe printed date in the colophon '1493' must be erroneous
Language of itemeng
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Related resourcesIISTC. Copy: London BL, IB.55077
Holdings
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France
ItalyVenezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (fragment)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCambridge, Pembroke College
Cambridge, University Library
Hereford, Cathedral Library
London, British Library (C.11.c.7 = IB.55078) (Imperfect, wanting quire [*], leaf 1.7, and quire C, supplied in pen-and-ink facsimile)
London, British Library (G.11627 = IB.55079) (Imperfect, wanting leaves [*]3-4 and C2-5, supplied in pen-and-ink facsimile)
London, British Library (IB.55077)
London, Lambeth Palace Library (imperfect)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (7914)
Oxford, All Souls College (imperfect)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (fragment)
Oxford, Christ Church (fragment)
Oxford, Queen's College (imperfect)
Salisbury, Cathedral Library (Fragment: ff. xl and xlvij, with contemporary MSS annotations. Formerly binding waste in Balbus, Catholicon (Venice, 1497).)
Shrewsbury School
Windsor, Royal Library (fragment)
Worcester, Cathedral Library
United States of AmericaAustin TX, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center (Van Antwerp)
Bloomington IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library (DeR 48.2)
Boston MA, Public Library (6 ff)
Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina, Wilson Library (Bell)
Chicago IL, The Newberry Library (Bute)
Middletown CT, Wesleyan University, Olin Library (164 ff.)
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (2 ff, DeR 48.38)
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (DeR 48.7)
Providence RI, Brown University, John Hay Library, Annmary Brown Memorial Collection (DeR 48.10)
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (DeR 48.3)
Washington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library (DeR 48.30, -)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, John Boyd Thacher Collection (DeR 48.11)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (DeR 48.18)
Number of holding institutions31
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