Cartulary of Battle Abbey (DS9645) (Q42939)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18618704, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861870, mssBA 29)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Cartulary of Battle Abbey (DS9645) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18618704, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861870, mssBA 29) |
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Cartularies--England--13th century
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Decorated initials--England--13th century
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Decorated initials--England--14th century
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Cartularies--England--14th century
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between 1285 and 1315
13. century
14. century
1285Gregorian
1315Gregorian
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Battle Abbey
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Extent: ff. ii+ 247 + iii : parchment ; 182 x 251 mm
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Title supplied from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: 1-26 3-412 512(-12) 6-710 814(-3, 6) 9-108 1116 1212(a quire of 4, ff. 110-113, inserted after 7) 1312 14-1510 16-1812 1912(-7) 2010 2112 228(-8) 236(-3) 248 2510(-10). Catchwords (occasionally entered twice); quires 3-6 signed i-iiii on the first leaf lower right corner. 26-27 long lines, ruled in lead point.
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Part 1: Span folios: ff. 1-99v. Other Decoration: 4-line primary initials in red and blue with filigree and tendrils occasionally left incomplete. Foliated in contemporary arabic (red) and roman (brown) numerals: ff. 13-237 (i.e., parts 1-2) numbered 1-219, i-ccxxix, used in the index. Foliated 47-305 in the nineteenth century when it was bound with BA 33 which then formed ff. 1-46 of the...
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Part 2. Span folios: ff. 100-237v. Other Decoration: Paragraph marks, chapter numbers, running headlines in red. Script: Littera textualis.
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Part 3. Span folios: ff. 238-247v. Script: Anglicana with secretary features. Assigned Date: s. XIVin. Layout: 29 long lines ruled in ink.
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Portions of parts 1 and 2 transcribed in the eighteenth century by D. Casley (now Huntington Library, BA 31, formerly Phillipps 9930 vol. 1) and in 1762 by William Hayley (now London, Brit. Lib., Add. 6348, ff. 2-83 and 6344, ff. 22-110).
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/29/2009.
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Written at Battle Abbey in Sussex in the late thirteenth century and early fourteenth century (most recent charter in pt. 1, 1286), with additions entered over the next 2 centuries. Acquired by Sir Anthony Browne who purchased Battle Abbey in 1538-39. Passed to his son, created Viscount Montague in 1554; ex libris on f. 4, "Iste liber attinet Anthonio Browne vic. mountague." Remained in the...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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