St Columb Green Book

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St Columb Green Book is a very rare 16th century handwritten manuscript, bound in green leather detailing the parish records of St Columb Major, Cornwall. It was kept with a few intermissions from 1585 onwards. [1] It gives a rare glimpse in day to day life in 16th century Cornwall. The original is very fragile and is now kept at the Kresen Kernow. A reprint of selected passages was published in 1912 by Thurstan Peter, in a Supplement to the Journal of Royal Institution of Cornwall, vol. 19.

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The book, dating back to Elizabethan times, covers only the Parish of St Columb Major. It is important as it contains one of the earliest references to Morris dancing [2] in the United Kingdom. Another entry gives the earliest written reference to the ancient sport of Cornish Hurling [3] Also contained is an early reference to Robin Hood plays that existed in Cornwall. [4]

Extracts of note

References

  1. Article in the Journal of the Royal Institute of Cornwall by R N Worth (page 110)
  2. Dawson Scott, C. A. (1912). Nooks and Corners of Cornwall. Library of Alexandria. ISBN   9781465545206.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. Rawe, Donald Ryley (1986). A prospect of Cornwall. ISBN   9780709025856 . Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. Bakere, Jane A. (1980). The Cornish Ordinalia: A Critical Study. University of Wales Press. ISBN   9780708307458 . Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. Knight, Stephen Thomas (1999). Robin Hood: An Anthology of Scholarship and Criticism. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 93. ISBN   0859915255 . Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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