(Q43548)
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Towneley plays
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Mystery plays--England--15th century
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Mystery plays--England--16th century
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Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
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between 1490 and 1510
15. century
16. century
1490Gregorian
1510Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 132 : parchment ; 210 x 305 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Anglicana; Bastard textura.
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Layout: A first quire now missing, as shown by signatures. 18(-3 through 6 after f. 2) 28 38(-4, 5 after f. 15) 4-88 98(-4, 5 after f. 61) 10-168 178(-2 through 8 after f. 121) 188(-1 through 5) 198. 28-43 lines of verse, 2 columns of 34 lines on f. 28v; ruling in lead occasionally visible.
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Span folios: ff. 1-132v.
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Other Decoration: On ff. 1 and 3, 5-line void white initials on dark grounds, infilled with vines and leaves, the frame enclosed by a narrow red line; these initials very similar to those used in certain books printed ca. 1480-1540; see Cawley and Stevens, The Towneley Cycle: a facsimile, pp. xv-xvi.; thereafter plays introduced by calligraphic initials with strapwork and scrolling generally...
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On f. 80, a calligraphic initial "D" unrelated to the text on that page, apparently due to scribal error in beginning play 21 on the first recto of a new quire without having completed play 20; recognizing the mistake, the scribe refolded the outer bifolium, finished play 20 on the new first recto (f. 73), then began play 21 on f. 73v, leaving the mistaken "D" on what became the last leaf of...
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Assigned Date: s. XV/XVI.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 3/4/2012.
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Among the pentrials: s. XVI: f. 13, "Iohn"; f. 73, "Spigart [?]"; f. 90, "James blake bowrn by"; ff. 101, 107v, "Iohn"; s. XVII: f. 35v, "Samuel" and "S. humer__?___"; f. 73v, "Thomas Hargraues"; f. 90, "Thomas Hargraues of Burnleye"; f. 97v, "William __?___"; f. 121v, "P. Haw [?]." Belonged to Christopher Towneley (1604-74) whose pressmark occurs twice on f. 1, "13 1/2:35" above "F:35." In...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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