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This manuscript contains a collection of English statutes dating from 1235-1299 and a copy of the Magna Carta.
Support: Parchment; Extent: 184+ii; 83 x 50 mm bound to 83 x 52 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; the first eleven folios (calendar) is not included in the foliation; Collation: 1 (11, +1), 2-17 (8), 18 (6), 19-22 (8), 23 (8, +1 +8); Catchwords: Catchwords on 8v, 16v, 23v, 31v, 39v, 47v, 55v, 71v, 87v, 95v, 103v, 111v, 119v, 127v, 133v, [141v], 149v, 157v, 165v
written area: 60 x 35 mm; 1 column of 24 lines, lead point ruling; 1 historiated initial with full border; decorated and illuminated initials and borders throughout; red and blue 1-line initials throughout. The first quire, which contains the calendar, is not paginated.
Gothic--anglicana
Manuscript is bound in its original oak boards, which are attached to the text block with leather straps; four pegs have been inserted into the boards to hold straps in place; two holes near fore edge of the cover indicate where a clasp had once been affixed
Date is provided by notes accompanying the manuscript, which offer a date of circa 1299-1300 because the collection lacks the Statute of Lincoln passed in January 1301
First two quires almost detached
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
England
Not before 1301
Original oak boards.
Latin
Purchased by the Free Library of Philadelphia from Harry A. Levinson in 1964 through the Simon Gratz fund; notations in pencil on inside back cover "Levinson 64" and "Gratz"
England
Not before 1301
Latin
Purchased by the Free Library of Philadelphia from Harry A. Levinson in 1964 through the Simon Gratz fund; notations in pencil on inside back cover "Levinson 64" and "Gratz"
This manuscript contains a collection of English statutes dating from 1235-1299 and a copy of the Magna Carta.
Manuscript is bound in its original oak boards, which are attached to the text block with leather straps; four pegs have been inserted into the boards to hold straps in place; two holes near fore edge of the cover indicate where a clasp had once been affixed
Date is provided by notes accompanying the manuscript, which offer a date of circa 1299-1300 because the collection lacks the Statute of Lincoln passed in January 1301
First two quires almost detached
Gothic--anglicana
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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