(Q43404)
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William, of Pagula, approximately 1290-1332
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Ashridge Priory
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Decorated initials--England--14th century
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between 1340 and 1360
14. century
1340Gregorian
1360Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + 404 + ii : parchment ; 253 x 365 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Anglicana.
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Layout: 1-2212 2310(Book 4 ends at f. 273v; f. 274r-v, ruled but blank) 24-2512 2612(-4) 27-3312 3412(-11). Catchwords written horizontally in inner right corner in undecorated ink frames; 2 columns of 60 lines, ruled in lead with single bounding lines; pricking visible in upper and lower margins.
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Span folios: ff. 1-404v.
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Other Decoration: Opening initial, f. 1, 6-line, in dusky rose against a white-patterned blue ground with infilling in gold and trilobe leaves, with a U-shaped bar border composed of sections of rose, blue or gold, with sprigs of ivy and daisy buds; the outer and lower bars terminate in grotesques: a hooded man and an ape (?).
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Assigned Date: s. XIVmed.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/21/2012.
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Dry point notes on f. 274v include the name of Thomas Waterhouse, rector at Ashridge when it was dissolved in 1539. See Ker, MLGB, 5 (tentatively ascribing this manuscript to Ashridge); H. C. Schulz, "The Monastic Library and Scriptorium at Ashridge," HLQ 1 (1938) 305-11, and provenance of EL 7 H 8. On f. 1, the inscription "ex dono Richardi Combe Armigeri" (nephew of Thomas Waterhouse) in the...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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