Medulla Grammatice (DS428) (Q2246)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from New York University (Item 4.25)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Medulla Grammatice (DS428) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from New York University (Item 4.25) |
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The verso of f. 1 (the leaf with the red letter C) bears note in a s. XVIII hand: "Mr. John Higges's Diary 1720-1727." Directly above this is a later note that reads: "I bought this Diary at a sale of <?> Percy's MSS and sold it to a descendant of Higgi."
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s. XV; 1400-1499
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Other decoration, ff. 1-2v: 2-line letters in red.
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Script, ff. 1-2v: Anglicana.
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Layout, ff. 1-2v: 2 columns presently of 35 lines (but more originally?).
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ff. 1-2v: Both versos are very darkened and essentially illegible.
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ff. 1-2v: Vincent P. McCarren, "An Edition of the First Half of the Letter C of the Medulla Grammatice (Stonyhurst MS. A.1.10)" Archivium Latinitatis Medii Aevi 70 (2012) 183-235 and "An Edition of the Letters D, E, and F of the Medulla Grammatice (Stonyhurst MS. A.1.10)," (2018), both online at deepblue.lib.umich.edu. On f. 1, the clearest section of the text, by way of example: //Cir...
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This description could not have been written without the expertise and kind help of Prof. Paul Acker, who has worked on this fragment for his volume of the Index of Middle English Prose.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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