(Q42945)
Statements
between 1300-1399] ; between 1300 and 1350] ; between 1300-1399
14. century
1300Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 67 : parchment.
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Title supplied from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Composite manuscript composed of framents of legal works. Part 1 appears to have originated in Italy, Part 2 possibly from France, Parts 3 and 4 from England. See the provenance note for more details.
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Part 1. Span folios: ff. 1-49, 63-64. Layout: 1 (? the final leaf of this quire remains) 28(-5 after f. 5) 38 4 (? the first leaf of this quire remains) 5-68 7 (? 3 leaves remain at the end of this quire) 88 98(-1?, 7, 8) and a bifolium (ff. 63-64). Catchwords in inner lower margin, enclosed in frames and washed in yellow. 2 columns of 84-85 lines ruled in lead; pricking visible in the outer...
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Part 2. Span folios: ff. 50-54. Layout: 14(+1). 2 columns of 92 lines, ruled in lead. Script: Gothic. Assigned Date: s. XIV. Other Decoration: Space reserved for an 8-line opening initial. Paragraph marks and underscoring in red.
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Part 3. Span folios: ff. 55-62v. Layout: 1-24. Catchword in the inner margin of f. 58v. 2 columns of 53 lines, ruled in ink and in crayon; pricking in the inner and outer margins. Assigned Date: s. XIV.
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Part 4. Span folios: ff. 65-67v. Layout: 3 columns on f. 65, and long lines on ff. 65v-67v, unruled. Assigned Date: s. XIV. Script: Anglicana.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/31/2009.
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Composite manuscript made up of fragments of 3 or 4 legal books of Italian and English origin, brought together at an unknown date. The first and largest of these was in England before the end of the fourteenth century, when foliation, running headlines and marginalia were added. On f. 1, pressmark S. 1./2. in the hand of John Egerton (1622-86), 2nd Earl of Bridgewater. Acquired by Henry E...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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