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Subject Terms Mysteries and miracle-plays, English -- History and criticism.

1. A dissertation on the pageants or dramatic mysteries anciently performed at Coventry, by the trading companies of that city : chiefly with reference to the vehicle, characters, and dresses of the actors : compiled, in a great degree, from sources hitherto unexplored : to which are added, the Pageant of the Shearmen & Taylors' company, and other municipal entertainers of a public nature / by Thomas Sharp.

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Creator:: Sharp, Thomas, 1770–1841
Date:: MDCCCXXV [1825]
Physical Description:: [6], 226, [4] p., 10 leaves of plates : ill., music ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Ancient mysteries described : especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testatment story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of Fools and asses--The English boy bishop--The descent into hell--The lord mayor's show--The guildhall giants--Christmas carols, &c. / by William Hone ; with engravings on copper and wood.

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Creator:: Hone, William, 1780–1842
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: [2], 298, 2 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer