(Q2009)
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This collection of English binding fragments was given to NYU by Homer Lewis Bartlett (1858-1940), who graduated in 1884 from NYU with a degree in Science and Civil Engineering; he married Clarice Sherman Noble in 1892; they had five children.
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by 1902, he was second vice-president of the Eastern District Savings Bank. De Ricci states that the collection (of 101 fragments with 70 others laid into the album) was given to NYU in 1884 (the same year in which Homer L. Bartlett graduated).
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s. XIV(1/4); 1300-1325
14. century
1300Gregorian
1325Gregorian
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Script, f. 1: Cursive anglicana.
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Layout, f. 1: Vertical bounding lines ruled in lead.
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Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1346.
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f. 1: By ca. 1325, the carrot-topped ascenders start to disappear; hooked ascenders; fully developped 2-chambered a in the level termed "media" (even to the point of calling it currens); d regularly bent and looped; g very short and 8-shaped pointing to a later period; h below the line with a claw; some carrot-topped ascenders on the letter l although more frequently with a hooked top...
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f. 1: Here discussing three Anglo-Saxon kings of England: Alfred the Great (reg. 871 – 899), Edward Senior (reg. 899 – 924), Aethelstan (reg. 924 – 939).
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Incipit, f. 1: ornamentis vel libris vel predictis decoravit, hic bellicosus rapiens de<?> sibi subiugavit et de flord<?> cepit tributum xx libras//.
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Explicit, f. 1: //suam <?>am privilegia ecclesiarum roboravit, et in resta<?> quas nuper s<?> manus ev<?> desuadabat, hic cum regnasset annis xxx et mensibus septem, de regno terreno ad regnum celeste feliciter tr<?> vii die novembris, Sepultusque est <?>. Post hunc regnavit Edwardus filius eius dictus senior. Iste.
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The class for Middle English paleography, taught by Prof. Christopher Baswell in Spring term, 2018, identified scripts in blitz sessions at the end of term; we thank these students very much.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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