(Q45032)
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Geoffroy Tory, similar to style of
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John Boykott Jarman (d. 1864), on whose collection see J. Backhouse, "A Victorian Connoisseur and his manuscripts: The Tale of Mr. Jarman and Mr. Wing," British Museum Quarterly32 (1967-68) 76-92. Purchased 1980 from The Rendells.
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s. XVI(1/4); 1500-1525
16. century
1500Gregorian
1525Gregorian
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Script, ff. 1-6v: Humanistic.
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Layout, ff. 1-6v: 33 long lines.
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Manuscript note: See also Fragmenta Manuscripta 212 and 213 for 2 other leaves from the same manuscript. All are cropped in the same manner and show signs of damage from flooding of London drains, 1846, in house of John Boykott Jarman. MS broken by Maggs, 1920.
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Bibliography: For similar script, see S. Schutzner, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Books in the Library of Congress(Washington 1989) vol. 1, pl. 22 of Rosenwald 11/12. See also Lillian Randall on Walters Art Museum mss, France, vol. 2, nn. 206, 208-209, 211.
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ff. 1-6v: Trimmed close to border decoration including an ogival shape around knot in the lower margin. Foliated in modern pencil in lower left margin of recto as: ff. 3, 5, 6, 56, 57, 58; Fragmenta Manuscripta 212 and 213 similarly foliated, as ff. 16 and 17 (?).
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ff. 1-6v: Latin.
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ff. 1-6v: ff. 1-3v, full calendar in Latin: May, June, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.; ff. 4-6v, continuous leaves with text from the beginning of the Office of the Dead.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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