Gesta regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings); Historia regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain) (DS4586) (Q21258)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 247, Lewis E 247)
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Gesta regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings); Historia regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain) (DS4586)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E 247, Lewis E 247)

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    Gesta regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings); Historia regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain)
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    Missing leaves
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    Extent: iv+55+viii; 266 x 171 mm bound to 274 x 191 mm; parchment
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    Loose flyleaves
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    A leaf from this manuscript in Columbia University (Plimpton MS 267)
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    A leaf from this manuscript is in the Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis Textual Leaf VII:196)
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    Initials excised from fols. 51r, 54v, and 55r
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    Early damage and repairs to parchment
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    Margins trimmed away from a number of folios
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    Numerous folios missing
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    Modern collation notes on flyleaf 2 recto
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    Binding: Eighteenth century brown calf over wooden boards; edges of boards gilt tooled; edges of text block stained red; stamped in gold on the spine: "GALFRIDI HISTORIA MS"
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    Layout: Two columns of fifty-six lines; lead point ruling; pricking visible, inner margin; written area: 211 x 120 mm
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    Script: Protogothic
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    Script: Change in hand from fol. 26r
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    Decoration: One large initial with penwork decoration (fol. 1r); numerous red and blue decorated initials with penwork decoration and marginal flourishes throughout; occasional marginal drawings throughout
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    Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 1161, no. 6.
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    Related resource: A. Griscom (ed.), The Historia Regum Britannia of Geoffrey of Monmouth (London and New York, 1929), pp. 37-41, pl. 5.
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    Related resource: Review: "A. Griscom (ed.), The Historia Regum Britannia of Geoffrey of Monmouth (London and New York, 1929)," Romantic Review, vol. 21 (1930), p. 354
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    Related resource: Julia C. Crick, The Historia regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth, vol. 3, A Summary Catalogue if the Manuscripts (Cambridge, 1989), p. 297.
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    Related resource: Siân Echard, "Whose History? Naming Practices in the Transmission of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britannie," Arthuriana, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue in Honor of Edward Donald Kennedy (2012), p. 13 (article: pp. 8-24).
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    Related resource: Lydia Yaitsky Kertz, "Fragments of Malmesbury: A Re-evaluation of Manuscript Lewis E.247 Based on Recently Discovered Parchment Leaves," Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History, vol. 16 (2013), pp. 227-247, 313.
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    Provenance: Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck (1732; ownership note on flyleaf i); J. & J. Leighton (lot 107 in their 1912 sale); bought by Colonel William E. Moss (nineteenth century); ceded to Acton Griscom, Highpoint NJ (nineteenth century; ownership note on flyleaf i); given to Samuel Frederick Houston (1946); given by his daughter, Mrs L.M.C. Smith, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in...
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    Contributor: Diane Biunno
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    Cataloger: Oliver Mitchell
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    Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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    4 December 2023
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    4 December 2023
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