(Q43464)
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Decorated initials--England--15th century
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Great Britain--History--Lancaster and York, 1399-1485--Sources
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Great Britain--History--14th century--Sources
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between 1425 and 1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: ff. iii + 196 + ii : parchment ; 220 x 313 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Contains statutes from the reign of Edward III (1327-1377) through Henry V (1413-1422)
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Secretary; Anglicana; Bastard anglicana.
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Layout: 18(-1) 212(-1) 312 4-68 78(-7, after f. 60) 88(-8, after f. 68 with loss of 3 lines of text, apparently due to eyeskip) 92 10-138 144(-4, after f. 105 without loss of text) 16-178 184 198(-1 after f. 132 with loss of text) 208 218(-4, after f. 150 with loss of text) 22-268 272. Catchwords in inner lower margin, 2 in brown ink frames; no catchwords at end of quires 1-2, 8-9, 14, 18...
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Other Decoration: 4- and 3-line gold initials on white-patterned blue/maroon grounds; the initial on f. 127 with a spray of blue and maroon leaves; paragraph marks alternating gold with ink flourishing and blue with red. Running headlines across the opening, omitted on ff. 9v-20v; chapter numbers in the outer margins; marginal notes in the hands of the scribes.
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Opening leaf for the abridgment of statutes and for each king's statutes excised, except for that on f. 71, where the opening initial has been cut away and the hole repaired with blank parchment.
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Assigned Date: s. XV2/4.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/29/2012.
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On f. 1, "G.P. 6 febr. 1625. 97."
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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