(Q20577)
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Levinson, Harry A.
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Extent: 184+ii; 83 x 50 mm bound to 83 x 52 mm; parchment
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Manuscript is bound in its original oak boards, which are attached to the text block with leather straps; four pegs have been inserted into the boards to hold straps in place; two holes near fore edge of the cover indicate where a clasp had once been affixed
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Date is provided by notes accompanying the manuscript, which offer a date of circa 1299-1300 because the collection lacks the Statute of Lincoln passed in January 1301
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First two quires almost detached
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Binding: Original oak boards.
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Layout: written area: 60 x 35 mm; 1 column of 24 lines, lead point ruling; 1 historiated initial with full border; decorated and illuminated initials and borders throughout; red and blue 1-line initials throughout. The first quire, which contains the calendar, is not paginated.
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Script: Gothic--anglicana
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Related resource: Don C. Skemer, "From Archives to the Book Trade: Private statute rolls in England, 1285-1307," Journal of the Society of Archivists 16 (1995), p. 204, n. 48.
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Provenance: Purchased by the Free Library of Philadelphia from Harry A. Levinson in 1964 through the Simon Gratz fund; notations in pencil on inside back cover "Levinson 64" and "Gratz"
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Dot Porter
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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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