Unnoticed Handwriting of Marlowe (alias Shakespeare)
In the Collection items of the British Library you may read some interesting handwritten material related to the well known accusations against Christopher Marlowe by Richard Baines and others. (The Harley Manuscript 6484)
Black ink: vile hereticall conceit
denying the deity of Jesus
Christ opher ........ found
amongst the papers of Thos.
Kydd prisoner .-
Brown ink: he affirmeth that he
had from Marlowe
On a paper sheet between two pages numbered by pencil 189/190, you detect a short handwritten "2-part note" dated 12 May 1593, [ 18 days prior to Marlowe’s alleged murther!!]
The first part of this note (Black ink) dealing with the contents of Thomas Kyds heretical conceits………….
The second part (Brown ink, added later) deals with the possible origin of the conceits by Marlowe, the total notes
The first part of this note (Black ink) dealing with the contents of Thomas Kyds heretical conceits………….
The second part (Brown ink, added later) deals with the possible origin of the conceits by Marlowe, the total notes
ressembling Marlowes handwriting of his single existing signature.
