(Q43884)
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Vaux, Laurence, 1519-1585
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Wroe, Richard, 1641-1717
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Sketches--England--14th century
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Manicules (Provenance)--England--14th century
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between 1340 and 1360
14. century
1340Gregorian
1360Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 313 : parchment ; 250 x 388 mm
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Anonymous collection of texts regarding the Virgin Mary, as yet unpublished. It appears to have been compiled in England in the thirteenth century, and is known in 3 other manuscripts: Cambridge, Pembroke College 22 (14th c.; Bury St. Edmunds), beginning imperfectly in the chapter list; London, Lambeth Palace 52 (14th c.), preceded by an alphabetical index attributed to Jacobus de Voragine...
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Span folios: ff. 1-313v (1 and 313, contemporary pastedowns). Support: Parchment. Layout: 112(-2) 2-1612 1710 1814 19-2412 2510 2614. Catchwords present; quire and leaf signatures in lead in letters (a-z, tironian 7, diagonal slash, horizontal bars) and roman numerals; evidence also of leaf signatures in ink in arabic numerals. 2 columns of 38 lines. Ruled up to f. 111v (with some variation...
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Decoration: Opening initials of the books (3 letter I's running the length of the text, with their extensions; others, 5-line and 2-line) in white-patterned blue or pink decorated with both colors and with some gold and silver, including some animal forms and trilobe leaves at the ends of the extensions. 2-line parted red and blue initials infilled with void designs and with red and blue...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/20/2012.
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Late medieval notes of ownership including valuation or price erased from ff. 1v and 3, lower margin. On f. 1v, "Mariale magistri Thomae la Warre," probably the Thomas la Warre (ca. 1342-1427) who converted the rectory of Manchester into a collegiate church (Emden, BRUO, 1111). Listed by Ker, MLGB, 129 as having belonged to the collegiate church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Manchester. On f...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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