Sometimes I'm an artist, musician, poet/writer, antiquarian. I collect books from the 1500's - 1800's, particularly Poetry, History, and Ecclesiastical, preferably in their original bindings.
The Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque are my favourite periods for nearly everything - music, books, architecture, furniture. Olde ballads are some of my favourites in poesy, besides Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, Sir Walter Scott, the Troubadours, Minnesingers, etc.
Usually I write poetry around midnight by candlelight, while listening to Mediaeval music, when the spryte comes vppon me while reading.
Here are a few of my older books:--
. Paraphrasis In Psalmos Davidicos Additis Brevibus Argumentis et Explanationibus in Quinque Libros Congesta. ANTVERPIAE, Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Viduam. Anno, M.D.XC. [1590]. By Joachimo Hoppero Frisio. Bound in full original vellum, with a manuscript spine-backing strip along the inner joints ca. 1400 AD.
. 'The dialogue in English, betweene a Doctor of Diuinitie, and a student in the lawes of England, newlie corrected and imprinted, with new additions.' ~ By Christopher St Germain (1460-1540). No titlepage, identified by the British Library as printed by Tottel in 1593.
. Annales Rervm Anglicarvm, et Hibernicarum Regnante Elizabetha, ad Annvm Salvtis M.D. LXXXIX. Gvilielmo Cambdeno Avthore {William Camden}. Item Eivsdem Avthoris Britannia. Francofurti ad Moenum, curantibus Rulandijs, Typis Ioannis Bringeri, (2nd printing) 1616.
. Historiarum Libri, accuratissime editi. By Quintus Curtius Rufus (Q. CVRTII RVFI). Lugd. Batavorum (Leiden): Ex officina Elzevieriana. (Contemporary full vellum. Ex-Library of the Domus Argentinensis Society of Jesus; & early bookplate of Josephus Bourste. Includes a folding map of Alexander the Great's conquering path). Willems 782. Printed by Elzevier, 1656.
. The Gunpowder-Treason: With a Discourse of the Manner of its Discovery; A Perfect Relation of the Proceedings against those horrid Conspirators; Wherein is Contained their Examinations, Tryals, and Condemnations: Likewise King James's Speech to Both Houses of Parliament, On that Occasion; Now Re-printed. A Preface touching that Horrid Conspiracy, By the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln. And by way of Appendix, Several Papers or Letters of Sir Everard Digby, Chiefly relating to the Gunpowder-Plot, Never before Printed. LONDON: ... 1679.
. Epicteti Enchiridion: The Morals of Epictetus, made English in Poetical Paraphrase. By Ellis Walker, M.A. LONDON: Printed by W. Bowyer for S. Keble at the Turks Head, and R. Gosling at the Mitre and Crown in Fleetstreet. 1716.
. The Chronological Historian: Containing Regular Account of all Material Transactions and Occurences, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military, Relating to the English Affairs, from the Invasion of the Romans, to the present Time. &c &c. By Mr. Salmon. {Illustrated with the Effigies of all our English Monarchs, curiously Engraven from Original Paintings, by Mr. Vertue.} LONDON: Printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar. MDCCXXIII. (1723). 1st Edition.
. An Historical Account of English Money From the Conquest to the Present Time; Including Those of Scotland, from the Union of the two Kingdoms in King James I. The SECOND EDITION, With great Additions and Improvements, Tables of Gold and Silver Money, and Six New Cuts. By, Stephen Martin-Leake, Esq. LONDON: Printed for W. Meadows, at the Angel in Cornhill. M.DCC.XLV. (1745).
. Lays of the Minnesingers or German Troubadours of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries : Illustrated by Specimens of the Cotemporary Lyric Poetry of Provence and Other Parts of Europe: With Historical and Critical Notices, and Engravings From the MS. of the Minnesingers in the King's Library at Paris, and from Other Sources. LONDON: Printed for Longman, &c. (1/2 leather, marbled). 1825.
Plus a couple hundred more. Visit my websites: http://www.freewebs.com/oldesermons
http://www.freewebs.com/oldedocuments
http://www.freewebs.com/gregorclesdrawings
http://www.youtube.com/gregorcles
"Love hath a mighty prevalency in the obtaining of all that is desir'd;"
~ Cruso, Sermon IV of 24.
"Wel oghten we to doon al our entente,
Lest that the feend thurgh ydelnesse us hente."
~Chaucer, 2nd nun's tale.
"'Tis true vallor or dare to be undon, and the consequent of truth hath euer ben in danger of his teeth,"
~ John Evelyn, letter to Jeremy Taylor, 9 Feb. 1654.
"...joy from inward contemplations borrow."
~ Thomas Upham, The Snow Storm.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n."
~ Paradise Lost.
"Remember, that this body, which is now so delicately fed, is to be a feast for Worms, and that rottenness and corruption will soon deface it."
~ Cruso, Sermon 1., Rich Man and Lazarus.
The Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque are my favourite periods for nearly everything - music, books, architecture, furniture. Olde ballads are some of my favourites in poesy, besides Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, Sir Walter Scott, the Troubadours, Minnesingers, etc.
Usually I write poetry around midnight by candlelight, while listening to Mediaeval music, when the spryte comes vppon me while reading.
Here are a few of my older books:--
. Paraphrasis In Psalmos Davidicos Additis Brevibus Argumentis et Explanationibus in Quinque Libros Congesta. ANTVERPIAE, Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Viduam. Anno, M.D.XC. [1590]. By Joachimo Hoppero Frisio. Bound in full original vellum, with a manuscript spine-backing strip along the inner joints ca. 1400 AD.
. 'The dialogue in English, betweene a Doctor of Diuinitie, and a student in the lawes of England, newlie corrected and imprinted, with new additions.' ~ By Christopher St Germain (1460-1540). No titlepage, identified by the British Library as printed by Tottel in 1593.
. Annales Rervm Anglicarvm, et Hibernicarum Regnante Elizabetha, ad Annvm Salvtis M.D. LXXXIX. Gvilielmo Cambdeno Avthore {William Camden}. Item Eivsdem Avthoris Britannia. Francofurti ad Moenum, curantibus Rulandijs, Typis Ioannis Bringeri, (2nd printing) 1616.
. Historiarum Libri, accuratissime editi. By Quintus Curtius Rufus (Q. CVRTII RVFI). Lugd. Batavorum (Leiden): Ex officina Elzevieriana. (Contemporary full vellum. Ex-Library of the Domus Argentinensis Society of Jesus; & early bookplate of Josephus Bourste. Includes a folding map of Alexander the Great's conquering path). Willems 782. Printed by Elzevier, 1656.
. The Gunpowder-Treason: With a Discourse of the Manner of its Discovery; A Perfect Relation of the Proceedings against those horrid Conspirators; Wherein is Contained their Examinations, Tryals, and Condemnations: Likewise King James's Speech to Both Houses of Parliament, On that Occasion; Now Re-printed. A Preface touching that Horrid Conspiracy, By the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln. And by way of Appendix, Several Papers or Letters of Sir Everard Digby, Chiefly relating to the Gunpowder-Plot, Never before Printed. LONDON: ... 1679.
. Epicteti Enchiridion: The Morals of Epictetus, made English in Poetical Paraphrase. By Ellis Walker, M.A. LONDON: Printed by W. Bowyer for S. Keble at the Turks Head, and R. Gosling at the Mitre and Crown in Fleetstreet. 1716.
. The Chronological Historian: Containing Regular Account of all Material Transactions and Occurences, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military, Relating to the English Affairs, from the Invasion of the Romans, to the present Time. &c &c. By Mr. Salmon. {Illustrated with the Effigies of all our English Monarchs, curiously Engraven from Original Paintings, by Mr. Vertue.} LONDON: Printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar. MDCCXXIII. (1723). 1st Edition.
. An Historical Account of English Money From the Conquest to the Present Time; Including Those of Scotland, from the Union of the two Kingdoms in King James I. The SECOND EDITION, With great Additions and Improvements, Tables of Gold and Silver Money, and Six New Cuts. By, Stephen Martin-Leake, Esq. LONDON: Printed for W. Meadows, at the Angel in Cornhill. M.DCC.XLV. (1745).
. Lays of the Minnesingers or German Troubadours of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries : Illustrated by Specimens of the Cotemporary Lyric Poetry of Provence and Other Parts of Europe: With Historical and Critical Notices, and Engravings From the MS. of the Minnesingers in the King's Library at Paris, and from Other Sources. LONDON: Printed for Longman, &c. (1/2 leather, marbled). 1825.
Plus a couple hundred more. Visit my websites: http://www.freewebs.com/oldesermons
http://www.freewebs.com/oldedocuments
http://www.freewebs.com/gregorclesdrawings
http://www.youtube.com/gregorcles
"Love hath a mighty prevalency in the obtaining of all that is desir'd;"
~ Cruso, Sermon IV of 24.
"Wel oghten we to doon al our entente,
Lest that the feend thurgh ydelnesse us hente."
~Chaucer, 2nd nun's tale.
"'Tis true vallor or dare to be undon, and the consequent of truth hath euer ben in danger of his teeth,"
~ John Evelyn, letter to Jeremy Taylor, 9 Feb. 1654.
"...joy from inward contemplations borrow."
~ Thomas Upham, The Snow Storm.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n."
~ Paradise Lost.
"Remember, that this body, which is now so delicately fed, is to be a feast for Worms, and that rottenness and corruption will soon deface it."
~ Cruso, Sermon 1., Rich Man and Lazarus.
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- Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. Sect. IV. GERMANY (part 2) at
Admiration of his lady's perfections, joy in her smiles, grief at her frowns, and anxiety for her welfare, are expressed by the poet in a thousand accents of simplicity and truth; and if extravagance or affectation sometimes offends, it ought to be recoll - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. Sect. IV. GERMANY at
Cotemporary, or nearly so, with the most celebrated Troubadours flourished the Minnesingers of Germany. Their poetry was, till of late, almost unknown out of their native land; yet it is decidedly superior to that of their more fortunate rivals. It is the - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. FRANCE at
Learned controversies have agitated the rival partisans of the Langue d'oc and Langue d'oeil, as to their comparative antiquity, their mutual relations, and the degree of influence on the literature of modern Europe which may properly be ascribed to each.
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on Bygones. (For Music) by Martin Farquhar Tupper , on May 10"Let bygones be bygones ... But old recollections are active to-day," - I half expected him to go on a crazy rant about how horrible some people are! Oh well. What he wrote is quite nice anyway. Very optimistic second stanza.
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on Shakspeare. (An Ode For His Three-Hundredth Birthday) by Martin Farquhar Tupper , on May 10
Excellent
This ode may be forgotten, but the subject certainly isn't. Shakespeare still reigns supreme, which is what this ode says. In another 144 years it'll probably be just as true. Can there be any better testament to Shakespeare's immortality? He might be the only author ever to have truly achieved that status.
Stanza VI.: '....to Vancouver's pines': In 1864 the great city of Vancouver was basically just a logging camp, an enormous old growth rainforest ripe to become one of the world's major port cities. The size of the trees was legendary. Loggers would pose standing upon their massive saws, or stand shoulder-to-shoulder to demonstrate the trees monstrosity. And even there Shakespeare was, in the log cabins, and later in the railroad tycoon mansions, and everywhere in between. -
on Sir Gawaine And The Green Knight by Yvor Winters, on May 10Beautiful! An excellent poetical summary of Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawaine.
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on My Umbrella by Martin Farquhar Tupper , on May 10Aren't you glad I found him?
Tupper's misc. poetry was just sitting on top of a pile at my bookstore, waiting for a price. He reminds me very much of Longfellow and Tennyson, and yet I'd never heard of him before - mysteriously forgotten poet.
I especially like these lines,
"Yea, 'tis as if some cunning necromancer
Had drawn a circle magically round me," brilliant! I'd never thought of an umbrella as some wizard's magical force-field.
