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Freebairn, Robert (bookseller and printer)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: d. 1747 1747

Biography

Active as bookseller and printer from 1701.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

15th-century manuscript of 'Collationes' attributed to Robert Holcot.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.4
Scope and Contents 15th-century manuscript produced in England. The work appears to have been completed by one scribe and is in a minuscule bastarda anglicana hand. The volume contains 115 'collationes', or sermons, which appear to be based on the Book of Wisdom, as well as short verses in Middle English. The work has been attributed to Robert Holcot, but this attribution cannot be substantiated. According to an inscription in the top margin of folio 4r, as well as the colophon on folio 108v, this...
Dates: 15th century.

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