(Q5234)
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Leconfield, Henry Wyndham, Baron, 1830-1901
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Northumberland, Algernon Percy, Earl of, 1602-1668
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Somerset, Charles Seymour, Duke of, 1662-1748
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Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1564-1632
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English, with many works translated from Latin and retaining Latin titles
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[between 1582 and 1630]
16. century
17. century
1582Gregorian
1630
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Extent: 96 leaves : paper ; 346 x 223 mm bound to 351 x 226 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
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Origin: Written in England, after 1582 (f. 43r) and before 1630 (Newhauser, p. 122-123).
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Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Collation: Paper, 96; 1¹⁰, 2¹⁴, 3¹⁰, 4¹⁶, 5¹⁰, 6¹⁴, 7¹⁰, 8¹⁰(+2); [i], 1-10, [11-95]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper and lower right recto. Catchwords in lower right, each recto, of texts 4 and 6.
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Script: Written in a cursive script, erroneously identified as the hand of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (see note on f. [i]), more likely the hand of the first owner, H. Bayle (see R. Newhauser's article, p. 123).
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Binding: Contemporary limp vellum with monogram HB on upper cover and title Alchemy on spine; binding loose; vellum cover split and cracked at spine; cover completely detached from front hinge and spine, coming loose from back hinge. Several quires loose; f. 48-49 completely detached..
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Watermarks: See The New Briquet, v. 1, p. 72, no. 8081 (Nicholas le Bé of Tryes, ca. 1582).
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Sold by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London), 1946.
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Formerly held in the library at Petworth House, Sussex (shelf number 97 on spine, as described by Alfred John Horwood in Sixth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Part I (London, 1877); Appendix to the Sixth Report, p. 309), then owned by Henry Wyndham, Lord Leconfield; while in this library earlier possible owners include Henry Percy, ninth Earl of Northumberland...
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First owned by H. Bayle (monogram on upper cover, effaced name on f. 58 r; see Newhauser, p. 123).
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28 August 2023
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28 August 2023
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