Anthology of devotional prose and verse (DS10771) (Q46415)

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Anthology of devotional prose and verse (DS10771)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990098807420203941, MS Richardson 22, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098807420203941/catalog)

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    Anthology of devotional prose and verse
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    Poems--England--15th century
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--England--1400-1450
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    Christian life--Early works to 1800
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    Primarily in Middle English, with some Latin
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    Extent: 92 leaves, bound : vellum ; 26 cm.
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    Written primarily in a bastard anglicana in 1 or 2 columns of 24 lines; numerous decorated foliate initials, burnished gold initials with foliate sprays, and colored initials in blue and red with pen flourishes.
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    Written and illuminated in England, possibly at the request of a convent (f. 51v).
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    Title supplied by cataloger.
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    Bound in late 16th-cent. English brown calf, blind-stamped with crowned Tudor rose.
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    In a tray case, 28 cm.
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    Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
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    Belonged to Robert Fyncham? in 15th cent.; Libri sale, 28 Mar. 1859; William Bragge; his sale (London, Sotheby's, 7 June 1876, lot 23); bought by Ellis; to Sir Thomas Brooke (bookplate); Sir John Arthur Brooke; his sale (London, Sotheby's, 25 May 1921, lot 49); bought by Maggs; to Richardson.
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    23 July 2024
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    23 July 2024
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