23 Apr 2017

(513) Unnoticed handwriting / signature of Christopher Marlowe, 18 days prior to his alleged murder?

 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

ressembling  Marlowes handwriting  of his single existing signature.