Prose and poetry in English (DS9868) (Q43608)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620991, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862099, mssHM 127)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Prose and poetry in English (DS9868) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620991, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862099, mssHM 127) |
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Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648
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Decorated initials--England--15th century
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between 1400 and 1425
15. century
1400Gregorian
1425Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 62 : parchment ; 190 x 265 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Anglicana formata.
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Layout: 18(+1, f. 1) 2-78 86(-6). Catchwords in the lower right corner; quire and leaf signatures in red ink towards lower edge of right margin in letters and roman numerals. 32-33 long lines or lines of verse, ruled in lead; pricking visible in the outer margin.
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Other Decoration: Three gold initials, 7- to 9-line, on ff. 2 and 34, infilled with void leaf designs in light purple and some red, and with light purple flourishing.
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Assigned Date: s. XV1/4.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/10/2012.
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Three sixteenth century owner's notes: f. i, "Ihon wyllyamson" and "This is Iohn Whyttes Boke/ whoo so euer on yt dothe louke/ he that fydyth yt and brynges yt agayne/ I wyll geyfe him xl d. for his payene" (R. Hanna, "The Index of Middle English Verse and Huntington Library Collections: a Checklist of Addenda," Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 74 (1980) 235-58, here nn...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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