Ranulph Higden, Polychronicon Translation by John Trevisa (DS295) (Q1236)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (KG 35)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Ranulph Higden, Polychronicon Translation by John Trevisa (DS295) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (KG 35) |
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Purchased from Richard Linenthal, London, 2014, from the Karen Gould Collection Fund.
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s. XV; 1400-1499
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Binding: Not bound.
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Other decoration, One incunable leaf: Running headline (recto / verso) Liber septimus. Elements supplied in red ink: 2-line initial A, beginning of Capitulim Quartum, 9 Capitula, 2 citations underlined.
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Layout, One incunable leaf: Text block 190 121 mm. 40 lines. Marginal finding aids include text dating: (recto) Anno gratiae Willelimus 1081, 1083; (verso) 1084, 1085, chapter designation for Capitulum Quartum. Marginal numeration: recto 18 and 10, verso 19 and 20. Verso: later marginal translation back into Latin (partially cropped) (C16-C17?).
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Watermarks, One incunable leaf: Watermark: none.
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Manuscript note: ISTC Number: ih00267000.
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One incunable leaf: Latin paraphrase of English text at end of ca.3 on Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand) confessing on deathbed that he had made strife between the Emperor and other Christians; he undid bonds and died. Latin paraphrase of underlined English text at beginning of ca.4 on poisoning Hildebrand’s successor, Victor III (formerly Abbot Desidorius of Monte Cassino) was poisoned by venom...
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Incipit, One incunable leaf: tyme bygan thordre of the chartrus in calabria in the bisshoprich.
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Explicit, One incunable leaf: kynges loue ageyne soo that be followed the kynges wyll in his.
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We are grateful to Patricia Deery Kurtz for providing the identification of the text and to Linda Ehrsam Voigts for the physical description.
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22 June 2023
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22 June 2023
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