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(Q3963)

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Register of writs.
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Writs
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genre as recorded
Menus
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menus
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Manuscripts, Latin
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Manuscripts, Latin
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Manuscripts, Renaissance
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Manuscripts, Renaissance
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Judicial records
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judicial records
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Manuscripts, Medieval
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Manuscripts, Medieval
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Writs
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Courts
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Courts
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Writs
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Writs
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England
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England
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Writs--England--Early works to 1800
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Writs
England
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Early works to 1800
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Early works
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Courts--England--Early works to 1800
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Courts
England
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language as recorded
Latin, Middle French, and some words in Middle English (f. 214v)
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Latin
Middle French
Middle English
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production place as recorded
London, ca. 1407, 1427
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London
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physical description
Extent: 231 leaves : parchment ; 256 x 174 (210 x 131) mm bound to 272 x 190 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in London, ca. 1407 (date of latest writ of Henry IV), with menus ca. 1427, when Robert Nevill was made Bishop of Salisbury.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Decoration: Spaces left for initials at beginnings of sections (f. 1r, 97r, 152r); occasional manicules (for example, f. 9r, 126v); small drawing of crown (f. 161r).
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Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.
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Layout: Written in 37-48 long lines; vertical bounding-lines ruled in faint ink.
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Foliation: Parchment, 231 + i (paper); [i-xvi, 1-4], 5- 27, [i], 28-30, 30-75, 78-151, 151-214; near-contemporary foliation in ink, lower right recto. Contemporary foliation in ink in the upper center margin that starts over again (f. 152) suggests that this manuscript was originally divided into 2 volumes. Modern pagination in pencil, somewhat irregular, lower right recto. References in...
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Binding: Late 15th-century calf over wooden boards with remains of 2 metal clasps but no catches; blind-tooled.
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Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 1 May 1903, lot 957, and at Christie's, 26 June 1996, lot 16.
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Sold by Sam Fogg (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1996.
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Offered but not sold at auction at Sotheby's, 5 June 1899, lot 32.
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Sold by Baynes and Co. to Sir Thomas Phillipps (ms. 10349, f. i recto).
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Possibly first owned by Robert Nevill, Bishop of Salisbury, or William Babthorpe; later owned by Nicolas Fowle (15th-century, effaced inscriptions, f. 151v, 214v), Thomas Thomson (late 15th-/early 16th-century inscriptions, f. 151v, 214r), and Adam Clarke (probably his spine label LXXXVIII).
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Probably sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of the Clarke library, 21 May 1838.
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date added
27 August 2023
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date last updated
27 August 2023
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