Translation of Higden's Polychronicon, along with other translations of works into Middle English (DS9967) (Q43905)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621995, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862199, mssHM 28561)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Translation of Higden's Polychronicon, along with other translations of works into Middle English (DS9967) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621995, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862199, mssHM 28561) |
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Translation of Higden's Polychronicon, along with other translations of works into Middle English
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Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598
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Coats of arms--England--15th century
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Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Early works to 1800
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 337 : parchment ; 277 x 380 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Translation of Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon into Middle English by John Trevisa, along with his translations of works by Pseudo-William Ockham, Richard FitzRalph, Pseudo-Methodius, Pseudo-Turpin and others. Written in England towards the end of the fifteenth century.
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Span folios: ff. 1-337v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-48 58(+9, f. 40 bis) 6-248 3 quires missing here 25-398 408(-8, after f. 320) 418(-7, 8 after f. 325) 428 438(-5 through 8). Catchwords in the lower right margin; beginning with quire 18, additional catchwords occur variously within the quires. Quire and leaf signatures through quire 32 as letters and roman numerals, the quires marked...
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Decoration: Decoration was left at varying stages of completion up to f. 138; thereafter it was abandoned entirely (except ff. 326-337v). Full borders composed of narrow gold and color strips with acanthus leaves and ink sprays ending in green leaves, flowers and gold motifs occur on ff. 1 and 88, with 5- or 4-line particolored pink and green initials, infilled with acanthus leaves and set on...
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Pen trials throughout; on f. i, practice alphabets in a 16th cent. hand. Illuminated initials cut out on ff. 54v, 64v, 65.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/22/2012.
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Arms of the first owner in the borders of ff. 1 and 88; on f. 1: ermine, a mill-iron sable; on f. 88: quarterly 1 and 4 the same arms as above, 2 and 3 per pale azure a lion (or a fox?) rampant argent and gules 2 lions (or foxes?) rampant argent. Miscellaneous pen trials include the following names: f. 255, in lead, 15th c., "Welby Willm"; back pastedown, "Johnn Hornywold the son off Richard...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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