Piers Plowman; Mandeville; Troilus; etc. (DS9613) (Q42843)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18498723, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1849872, mssHM 114)
- Piers Plowman
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Piers Plowman; Mandeville; Troilus; etc. (DS9613) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18498723, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1849872, mssHM 114) |
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Piers Plowman
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Langland, William, 1330?-1400
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Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641
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Taylor, John, 1704-1766
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Askew, Anthony, 1722-1774
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Gough, Richard, 1735-1809
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Heber, Richard, 1773-1833
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Manuscripts (documents)--Great Britain--15th century
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Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800
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Christian poetry, English (Middle)
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Troilus (Legendary character)--Poetry
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Cressida (Fictitious character)--Poetry
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middle of the 15th century
15. century
1440Gregorian
1460Gregorian
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Extent: 325 leaves : paper ; 215 x 140 (165 x 100) mm
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Paper; parchment outer and center bifolia in each quire. ff. 325 + iv (parchment); due to a previous error in foliation, ff. 20-117 are, since 1971, numbered 21-118. 1-6¹⁶ 7¹⁸ 8¹⁶(through f. 130) 9¹⁶(-7, 10 with loss of text) 10-12¹⁶(through f. 192) 13-16¹⁶ 17¹⁶(+5, f. 261) 18¹⁶(+5 and 6, singletons, ff. 278, 279) 19¹⁶ 20¹⁶(+10 and 17, ff. 317, 324). Catchwords in red or brown ink frames; leaf...
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Written in England in the middle of the fifteenth century. Written by one scribe in an anglicana script; sections 3 and 4 apparently in a more hurried hand.
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Opening initials, f. 1, 5-line, and f. 193, 3-line, blue with red flourishing; in first text, 3- and 2-line blue initials with red flourishing; remainder of volume with alternating 3- and 2-line red or blue initials; running headlines, rubrics, Latin quotations and paragraph marks in red. Corrections in another 15th century hand. Tabs at the beginning of most articles. The word "pope" erased...
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Leaves wormed in upper and inner margins; ff. 139, 146 and 324 defective in text areas.
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16th century annotations, include "Richard" whose name appears in the initials of the back flyleaves, and "Thomas Browne," who signed his name on f. 299v and on the back flyleaf ii verso. Owned by Sir Henry Spelman, his name is written at the beginning of each section. Later belonged to Dr. John Taylor who bequeathed his books to Anthony Askew; his sale, Sotheby's, 7 March 1785, lot 319 to...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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