(Q42819)
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Manuscripts (documents)--England--15th century
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end of the 15th century
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 196 leaves : paper ; 307 x 215 (215-227 x 168-180) mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Paper, i + 196 + i; 1²⁴ (as suggested by paired presence and absence of watermarks, - the first 2 leaves and the last leaf, after f. 29; + an inserted gathering of 8 leaves, ff. 18-25) 2²⁶(-10 after f. 38) 3²² 4-8²⁴. 2 catchwords only, at the end of quire 2 (f. 54v) and quire 8 (f. 196v), both enclosed in red frames. "2" in the inner margin of the first leaf of quire 2 (f. 30) may be a quire...
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Written in England towards the end of the fifteenth century; computistic cycles in the calendar are dated 1480 and 1520; some of the feasts in the liturgical calendar were instituted in 1480 (Visitation, Frideswide, Etheldreda); the feast of the Transfiguration was instituted in England in 1487; on f. 72 is a mention of Henry VII, showing that part of the text to be written in 1485 or later...
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Illustrations in ink, with hair tinted yellow, of a Vein Man (f. 8v) and 2 Zodiac Men (ff. 12v, 14); urine bottles, not colored in, on ff. 39-47v; diagrams, charts, tables and astrological signs in ink of the text, in red and in yellow wash. 4- to 1-line initials, usually in red only, some in red with crude ink flourishing, some also with a yellow wash (through f. 17); 1-line initials in the...
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Names of early owners are: late 15th century or early 16th century: ff. 82v, 106, 109, 120, 140, 149, "Iste liber est [or "constat"] Iohannis eccam [or "ekam"]"; f. 41, possibly in the same hand as "Iohannis eccam," "Caucio Iohannis pener alias halpyn pro vi s."; f. 11, "Iohn Han[?]"; early 16th c.: f. 155, "Iohn wallton"; 16th century: f. 196v, "Hughe drapere merchaunt"; 16th century: ff. 74...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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