Brut chronicle, in English (DS9874) (Q43626)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621053, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862105, mssHM 133)
- Chronicles of England
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Brut chronicle, in English (DS9874) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621053, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862105, mssHM 133) |
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Chronicles of England
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Hellman, George S. 1878-1958
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between 1450 and 1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 115 : paper ; 185, approximately x 264 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Prose version of the Brut chronicle, in English.
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Support: Paper.
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Script: Anglicana.
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Layout: Tentative collation based on occasional surviving signatures and catchwords and on the breaks in the text: 114(-1 through 9) 214(-12 after f. 16) 314 414(-5 through 7 after f. 36) 5-614 714(-7 after f. 77; -12 through 14 after f. 81) quire 8 missing entirely 9-1014 quire 11 missing entirely 1214(-1 through 5; 6 and 7 are present; -8; 9 is present; -10 through 14) situation is unclear...
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Watermark(s): Paper (Pot, similar to Briquet 12482, Troyes 1474; ff. 113 and 115, Licorne, similar to Briquet 10024, Cuy 1474).
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Span folios: ff. 1-115v.
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Other Decoration: Blue 2-line initials with red flourishing; 1-line initials in the text slashed in red or filled in yellow; some names underlined in red; double red slashes throughout text serving as punctuation or to indicate important passages.
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The book has suffered considerable damage, particularly along the outer margins with loss of text on ff. 23, 32, 57, 82 and 108; each leaf now reinforced with crepeline and mounted separately in an album.
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Assigned Date: s. XV2.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/15/2012.
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Possession notes in the volume are: s. XVIex, f. 18, "Rych__?___ P__?___; f. 76v, "John templar [?]" and "William [?] Jones"; f. 98v, "This is thomas Verney boke"; s. XVI/XVII, f. 69, "Edmund Francis." The note on f. 59 is not "Elyzabeth madre E. W.," as in the catalogue of the Hellman sale, but "Thys byll made." George S. Hellman (author and rare book dealer, 1878-1958) sale, Anderson, New...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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