Turnament of Tottenham : manuscript, [15--]

Title: Turnament of Tottenham : manuscript, [15--]

Alternative Title: Tournament of Tottenham
Place of Origin: England
Date: 15uu
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)
Description: Extent: 1 v. (1 leaf) ; 31 cm.
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Subjects: Tournaments, Medieval--England--Early works to 1800
Tottenham (London, England)--Poetry
Tottenham (London, England)--Early works to 1800
Abstract: A poem in Middle English, describing a tournament for the hand of a nobleman's daughter.
Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance-England-1500-1550.
Manuscripts, Renaissance-England-1550-1600.
Poems-England-16th century.
Early works to 1800
Poetry
Notes: Written in two columns in a 16th-cent. English secretary script.
Title from end, "Explicit Turnament of Tottenham".
Erroneously attributed to Gilbert Pilkington as his transcription was used when the poem was first published in 1631.
Bound in cloth.
MS Eng 590. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version.
Series: Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard University

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