Historical miscellany (DS9937) (Q43815)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621697, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862169, mssHM 1342)
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Historical miscellany (DS9937)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621697, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862169, mssHM 1342)

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    Historical miscellany
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    Miscellanies--England--15th century
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    Church history--Early works to 1800
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    Bible--History of Biblical events
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    between 1440 and 1460
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    Extent: ff. 187 : paper ; 145 x 225 mm
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    Historical miscellany written after 30 November 1422 when a flood of the Tiber, mentioned of f. 99, occurred. The manuscript may have been written in Italy given the watermark and the subject matter, but was in England soon thereafter as shown by the added material in distinctly English hands, some of which pertains to Westminster; it is attributed to Westminster by Ker, MLGB, 197, with a...
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    Span folios: ff. 1-187 (ff. 1-3, contemporary parchment flyleaves). Support: Paper. Watermark(s): With deckle edges; a variety of watermarks, of which the most probably identifiable is Briquet, Fleur 6385, Vicenza 1429; some of the other watermarks may also be Italian. Layout: Collation beginning at f. 4: 112(through f. 15) 28(through f. 23) 3-512 68(through f. 67) 7-812 98(through f. 99...
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    Decoration: Initials, 2- and 1-line, in ink of text, sometimes with cadel decoration; on ff. 24-28, touches of red in the opening initials, initials in the text and lines through the rubrics. The later additions to the text, ff. 1v-2v, 3v, 64-67, 187(note) and other marginalia by at least 2 hands are in an English script; ff. 1v-2v and 64-67 have 32-33 long lines to the page, ruled in lead...
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    Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/2/2012.
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    Belonged to Edward Herbert, first Baron Herbert of Cherbury, whose calligraphic monogram, "E" superimposed on an "H," appears on f. 4; his indication of price is on f. 1. Herbert's manuscripts were left to his grandson, Edward, the third Baron; later they belonged to George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis; his sale, Sotheby's, 20 March 1923, lot 338 to Rosenbach.
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