Image of Title Page for 'The Boke of Phyllyp Sparowe' by John by English School, (16th century)

Title Page for 'The Boke of Phyllyp Sparowe' by John Skelton, published c.1550 (printed paper)

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Image title: Title Page for 'The Boke of Phyllyp Sparowe' by John Skelton, published c.1550 (printed paper)
Artist: English School, (16th century) / English
Location: Private Collection
Medium: printed paper

Image description: "I here after foloweth the boke of Phyllyp Sparowe compyled by mayster Skelton Poete Laureate"; John Skelton (c.1460-1529) was an English poet, also known as John Shelton; Philip Sparrow is a poem that celebrates a mock mass for Jane Scrope's sparrow, killed by a Carrow Abbey cat; Jane Scrope (or Scroop) was a schoolgirl at the Benedictine convent of Carrow, near Norwich; Skelton frequently refers to himself as poet laureate but is not recorded anywhere as having received any emoluments for this role;
Photo credit: Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: book / house of Tudor / philip sparrow / poet laureate / title page / poetry / poem / publication / literary / literature / john skelton / shelton / phyllyp sparowe

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