(Q42942)
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Waller, John, sacristan of Battle Abbey
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Cartularies--England--15th century
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Cartularies--England--16th century
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1400-1415
15. century
1400Gregorian
1415Gregorian
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Battle Abbey
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Extent: ff. ii + 138 + iii : parchment ; 193 x 266 mm
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Title supplied from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: 18(+9 and an unfoliated strip) 210(+ an unfoliated strip, and + 11) 3-78 88(+ an unfoliated strip sewn on 7) 98(+9, 10) 1012(+ original charter, 1 membrane unfoliated) 11-1312 144(+ an unfoliated strip) 15(? 8 leaves of uncertain structure). Catchwords on quires 8, 15; occasional binder's signatures. In long lines of varying numbers, lightly ruled in lead point, single bounding lines.
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Span folios: ff. 1-138.
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Other Decoration: The initials in both parts of the text, that by John Waller and that by the other main writer, are by the same person; the flourishing has not been added to the section of the manuscript written by Waller.
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On f. 9, the rubric ending, "Que carte transcripte erant per manus [sic] domini Iohannis Waller Sacriste de Bello. Anno Regni Regis henrici quarti post conquestum decimo et undecimo," offering the internal date of 1408-1410 for part of the codex. John Waller, who copied this section (ff. 9r-v, the following small strip and 21-78v), was the sacristan of Battle Abbey from 1408 until ca. 1417; he...
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Assigned Date: s. XVin.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/31/2009.
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Written at Battle Abbey in Sussex at the beginning of the fifteenth century with additions to 1512. Acquired by Sir Anthony Browne who purchased Battle Abbey in 1538-39. Passed to his son, created Viscount Montague in 1554; ex libris on f. 4, "Iste liber attinet Anthonio Browne vic. mountague." Remained in the family until 1721 when it was sold with the abbey to Sir Thomas Webster . The Battle...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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