Statutes (DS9824) (Q43476)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620553, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862055, mssHM 19920)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Statutes (DS9824) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620553, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862055, mssHM 19920) |
Statements
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
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Historiated initials--England--15th century
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Statutes--England--15th century
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Coats of arms--England--15th century
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Statutes--England--Early works to 1800
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Latin, French and Middle English
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between 1407 and 1425
15. century
1407Gregorian
1425Gregorian
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Extent: ff. iv + iv + 258 + iv : parchment ; 230 x 348 mm
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Collection of statutes written in England in the first quarter of the fifteenth century, but after 1407, the date of the last statute (art. 177); the table on f. 92v with dates from 1413 to 1500 may constitute a later addition. Possibly intended for owners in York, given the presence of Yorkshire saints in the calendar and the text of "Decretum Walteri Grey Archiepiscopi Eboracensis".
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Span folios: ff. 1-258v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-108 118(-4, 5 after f. 83) 128(-2, 3 after f. 87) 136(calendar) 148(-1 after f. 98) 15-228 234(-2 after f. 170) 24-298 306(through f. 226) 31-348. Catchwords in flourished ink frames in the inner lower margin; 2 columns of 40 lines, ruled in ink with additional double rules in all 4 margins (omitted in lower margins of quires 8, 9, 12, 23...
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Decoration: Historiated initials, 8- and 7-line, in the style of the Dutch Master of the Carmelite Missal (and related to the historiated initials in the Great Cowchers), containing portraits of Henry III (f. 1), Richard II (f. 173) and Henry IV (f. 227); the leaf beginning the statutes of Edward III has been excised, but the offset of a full border remains on f. 98v. The initials are in...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/29/2012.
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The coats of arms on f. 1 are: in the upper corner, the arms of England; in the outer margin, barry of 6 or and azure, on a canton argent a chaplet gules (Holme, of Yorkshire or of Lancashire); across the lower margin, the first coat of arms, Holme impaling sable a lion rampant argent (Wastneys), the second Holme, and the third Holme within a bordure engrailed gules; below these 3 coats of...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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