The Truth of the Sorde (Harley MS 4206)

Manuscript 1640 English United Kingdom

William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Canonical Wiktenauer Manuscripts source row 158, dated 1676. Previously attached as an extra edition to Three Treatises on the Art of Fencing.

Quality phase 381 correction: the British Library dates the manuscript to the 1640s–1650s and identifies William Cavendish as author. The 1676 inscription is a later ownership note, not the production date.

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TitleThe Truth of the Sorde (Harley MS 4206)

AuthorWilliam Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Earliest publication date1640

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

Document typeManuscript

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William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle

FencingSwordsmanship Sword

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Author

William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Edition History

The Truth of the Sorde (Harley MS 4206) 1640

CityNot specified

PublisherNot specified

PrinterNot specified

FormatPaper manuscript volume, mostly autograph with parts in an amanuensis hand; British Museum binding

Pages95 folios

Dimensions410 × 275 mm

Primary manuscript witness. Wiktenauer source row 158; date: 1676.

Quality phase 381: corrected 1676 provenance date to the British Library date range 1640s–1650s; attributed the work to William Cavendish and recorded extent, dimensions, material and qualified illustration information.

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Attached from Wiktenauer overlap review 157-165 on 2026-07-17.

Cover deliberately not assigned in phase 644: the retrieved file is only a no-scan placeholder.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=already_reviewed_unsuitable. Prior individual audit explicitly rejected this resource: cover deliberately not assigned. External probe: HTTP 200; content type text/html; charset=UTF-8.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=previously_rejected; source had already been individually reviewed and rejected as unsuitable for a reliable edition cover.

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