(Q43467)

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Law--England--Sources
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Great Britain--History--13th century--Sources
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between 1300 and 1350
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Extent: ff. 83 : parchment ; 202 x 298 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: 1-28 38(-2, after f. 17) 48 58(-4 and 5 after f. 34, and -7 after f. 35) 6-78 88(-8 after f. 59, presumably blank) 9-118. 31-37 long lines ruled in lead.
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Other Decoration: Opening initials, ff. 38v and 60, 6- and 4-line, in parted red and blue with flourishing; secondary initials, 4- to 2-line, in red or blue with flourishing of the other color; alternating red and blue paragraph marks; running headlines in the hand of the scribe.
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Statutes primarily from the reign of Edward I (1272-1307)
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Nineteenth century quire signatures, [b]-g, k-n, suggest that one quire is missing at the beginning (which may have contained Magna Carta, Carta de foresta, Provisions of Merton and the beginning of the Statute of Marlborough) and that 2 quires are missing between the present quires 6 and 7 before f. 45 (which may have contained the Summa Magna of Hengham); at least one quire is missing at the...
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Assigned Date: s. XIV1.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/29/2012.
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On the front pastedown of the previous binding, s. XVIII, "r r s N T." N. 77 in the collection of Nathaniel Dunbar (d. 1837) of Middle Temple; his signature on the front pastedown and on f. i verso. Belonged to George Dunn (1864-1912); his list of the contents of HM 946, dated January 1895, on the front pastedown and the last flyleaf; Dunn sale, Sotheby's, 2 February 1914, lot 1347 to Leighton.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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