(Q4726)
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The names and armes of all the nobilitie who were in England at the tyme of King William the Conqueror.
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Dallas, Robert, Sir, 1756-1824
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Stewart, J. A. 1846-1933
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Stewart, Henry Clark
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Heraldry--England--Early works to 1800
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Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Heraldry
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1597.
16. century
1597
1597
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Extent: 96 leaves : paper ; 285 x 186 (239 x 174) mm bound to 298 x 207 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in England in 1597.
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Title from opening rubric (f. 1r).
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Foliation: Paper, 96; ii (modern paper) + iv (contemporary ruled paper) + 84, [85-94] + ii (modern paper); contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
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Layout: Ruled in brown and red ink for a wide inner column for text and a narrower outer column for illustration; running heads at the top of the text column follow the progression of monarchs.
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Script: Written in a late Elizabethan secretary script, with a larger calligraphic script used for the names of monarchs.
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Binding: 20th-century half leather with leather label for title on upper cover, Heraldic manuscript, 1597.
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Watermark: Briquet 12772, Pot à une anse (Amiens, 1598).
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Decoration: 509 coats of arms (307 painted, 164 drawn in ink, 38 blank); one large calligraphic initial (f. 1r).
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Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2007.
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Previously owned by Sir Robert Dallas (note from Simmons and Waters Booksellers to John Alexander Stewart, f. 94v); purchased in 1921 by John Alexander Stewart (1846-1933 if the professor at Oxford University; armorial bookplate, Sigillum Johannis Alexandri Stewart, with pelican piercing breast and motto Sanguine suo, inside upper cover); and previously owned by Henry Clark Stewart (armorial...
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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