Tag Seventeenth Earl of Oxford
A detailed forensic study, forthcoming in the Journal of Forensic Document Examination, of the annotations of six books at Audley End in Essex shows that that they are not made, as sometimes supposed, by Sir Henry Neville, but by Edward… Continue Reading →
Originally posted By Roger Stritmatter on April 22, 2013 In a recent blog entry I cited some evidence for what appears to be a renewed campaign to make Professor Alan Nelson the face of scholarship when it comes to all… Continue Reading →
I have a confession to make. William Ray is my favorite mail carrier. On the days when my usual mailman is off, and William substitutes for him, we have the greatest seminars. I know, I know. Mr. Ray’s mail carrying… Continue Reading →
From 1586 – two years before the Spanish Armada – to his death in 1604, Edward de Vere received a thousand pound annuity from the Elizabethan state. After the death of Elizabeth I in April, 1603, James I renewed the… Continue Reading →
Posted By Roger Stritmatter on April 18, 20, 2011 In case you were wondering if the internet is going to make us any smarter, the evidence is now in. The answer is, “no” – at least if one may draw… Continue Reading →
The Blog entry discusses the startling fact pattern of the de Vere Geneva Bible annotations: almost 2/3 of Shakespeare’s most commonly alluded to Bible references are marked or underlined in the book.
Welcome to the first post in a series on the 1623 Shakespeare First Folio. Here we will review Ben Jonson’s “Witty Numbers” in his First Folio Epigram. The power point lecture gives an introduction. To me, this is one of… Continue Reading →
De Vere Geneva Bible Online
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Here’s a direct link to the Folger Library’s digitized copy of the de Vere Geneva Bible about which so much has been written in the New York Times and other international publications.
Here are pdfs of my (currently) 9 Notes and Queries articles on Shakespeare and the Bible. Click on the Zoom to enlarge. Comments are welcome.
Posted By Roger Stritmatter on January 15, 2014 The featured image above shows the title page of the Folger V.a.230 copy of William Lambarde’s Archaionomia.The partially obscured, apparently Elizabethan annotation at the top of the leaf reads: “This book to… Continue Reading →