(Q43437)

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Statutes and other legal writings
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Law--England--Early works to 1800
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between 1300 and 1315
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Extent: ff. ii + i + 195 + i : parchment ; 129 x 189 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Anglicana.
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Layout: 14(+5) 2-108 1112(through f. 89) 12-158 166(through f. 127) 17-238 2412. Catchwords placed between the double rule in the lower margin; none on quires 1, 11, 16, 24. 22-28 long lines; 23 long lines in art. 33. Ruled in lead with double rule across top and along the outer edge of the written space; additional double rules in the upper margin for running headlines (mostly cropped), along...
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Span folios: ff. 1-195v.
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Other Decoration: : 8- to 5-line spaces reserved for initials; opening initial on f. 128, 8-line, in blue with red flourishing; paragraph marks in red throughout. Running headlines in the hand of the scribe, mostly cropped.
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On some leaves where original headline has been cropped, a fifteenth century hand has supplied the title. Finding notes in the register of writs in the hand of the scribe. Erased note in lower margin of f. 5.
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Assigned Date: s. XIVin.
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Former pressmark, EL 1122.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/22/2012.
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Note on f. 195v, s. XV/ XVI, "liber iste Restat Ricardo Bunney" with what appears to be a monogram of initials "M" (or "W"?) and "L"(?). On f. iii: "Liber Tho. Egerton ex dono Thomae hyggons" inscribed by Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617); the two signatures "J Bridgewater" by the first and second Earls (1579-1649 and 1622-86, respectively); "E:2." by the first Earl, corrected to "E:2./10." by...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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