|
Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica
Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica is an eight-volume miscellany of previously unpublished material related to genealogy collated by Sir Frederic Madden (1801–1873), Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel (1781–1861) and John Gough Nichols (1806–1873), that was published quarterly from 1834. The editors' own summary of the contents of all eight volumes appeared at the end of the final volume, pag457 ContentsVolume 1(1834): **Details of the sales of bishops' lands **Church notes from Staveley and Crich in Derbyshire **Extracts from Parish Registers **Extensive family trees showing marriages between nobility and royaltyVolume 2(1835): **Details of roll of arms **Registers **Pedigrees **Deeds **Wills **List of monastic chartulariesVolume 3 **Registers **Pedigrees **Deeds **An evaluation of the estates of the bishoprics of England and Wales **Descriptions of banners, standards, and badges from Edward III ro Henry VIIIVolume 4 **Roll of arms **Pedigrees **Funeral certificates **Buri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miscellany
A miscellany is a collection of various pieces of writing by different authors. Meaning a mixture, medley, or assortment, a miscellany can include pieces on many subjects and in a variety of different forms. In contrast to anthologies, whose aim is to give a ''selective'' and ''canonical'' view of literature, miscellanies were produced for the entertainment of a contemporary audience and so instead emphasise ''collectiveness'' and ''popularity''. Laura Mandell and Rita Raley state: Manuscript miscellanies are important in the Middle Ages, and are the sources for most surviving shorter medieval vernacular poetry. Medieval miscellanies often include completely different types of text, mixing poetry with legal documents, recipes, music, medical and devotional literature and other types of text, and in medieval contexts a mixture of types of text is often taken as a necessary condition for describing a manuscript as a miscellany. They may have been written as a collection, or re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
