(Q20571)

Statements

Statuta vetera (Old statutes)
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Holmes, Thomas, active 17th century-18th century
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Macclesfield, George Parker, Earl of, approximately 1697-1764
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Carson, Hampton L. (Hampton Lawrence), 1852-1929
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Latin; Anglo-Norman; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
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Extent: iii+127+iii; 250 x 177 mm bound to 266 x 184 mm; parchment
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Front cover with upper flyleaves detached; spine detached; back cover detached and final flyleaf loose
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Binding: Nineteenth-century Russia binding with blind stamped border; stamped on spine: "MAGNA CHARTA AND STATUTES IX. HENRY III. TO HENRY VII".
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Layout: One column of forty-one lines; lead point ruled; written area: 192 x 117 mm
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Script: Gothic--anglicana
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Decoration: One illuminated initial with partial bar border; numerous smaller colored initials with pen-work flourishes
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Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W.J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2017-2018, no. 13.
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Related resource: John Hamilton Baker, English Legal Manuscripts in the United States of America: A Descriptive List, part I, Medieval and Renaissance Period (to 1558) (London: Seldon Society, 1985), pp. 61-62, no. 173
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Provenance: John Willis (eighteenth century?, his signature on fol. 90r); Thomas Holmes (eighteenth century, his signature on fol. 91r); George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield (eighteenth century, his signature on fol. 90r); William Bragge (nineteenth century, his sale at Sotheby's, London, 7 June 1876, lot 289); John Peacock (nineteenth century, his bookplate inside the front cover); sold at...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Oliver Mitchell
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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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