Book of John Mandeville (DS10006) (Q44022)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18635519, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1863551, mssHM 83694)
- Itinerarium
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Book of John Mandeville (DS10006) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18635519, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1863551, mssHM 83694) |
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Itinerarium
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Mandeville, John, Sir
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Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, 1805-1888
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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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Middle East--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
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second half of the 15th century].
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ii + 38 + ii leaves : parchment ; 180 x 142 (145 x 108 mm)
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Written in England in the second half of the fifteenth century.
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Parchment; ff. ii + 38 + ii leaves: 1-48, 56 (lacking a gathering, likely of 8 leaves, after f. 8). Layout: 1-48 56. 33 lines in brown to black ink in an Anglicana hand. Catchwords in the lower right on the verso of the last leaf of the gathering. Running title on f. 33r.
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Two- and three line initials, some with penwork flourishing. Paraphs and side-notes in red.
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Marginal annotations and emphasis marks, some trimmed, mainly in first third of work. Ownership inscription by Leveriche Forster dated 1555 on f. 38v. Numerous other 16th century signatures, such as John Almon of Puckeridge, Oxford on f. 38, John Athoine on ff. 1, 8 and 13, John Offlye on ff. 9, 11, and 12, and Robert Abraham on f. 15v. Autograph on f. ir at beginning: Matt. H. Bloxam, Rugby...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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