Table of prescribed weights for varieties of loaves for different prices of wheat, with the heading The statute of wynchestre. Written in Winchester in the 16th century. After a preamble of 8 lines written in a cursive Gothic script, the table of 6 columns of 34 lines in textura script presents the prices of wheat in the first column followed by columns for 5 varieties of loaf (quarter symnell, farthing wastel, white lofe, wheten lof, and household lof). The preamble begins with the heading and a 6-line calligraphic initial in red ink. The columns alternate between red and black ink, with a drawing in faint red ink at the top of each column (a sack of grain over the first, a type of loaf over the others) and a drawing of a scroll in black ink enclosing the heading of each column.
Support: parchment; Extent: 1 item (1 leaf) : 443 x 338 mm
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.
Formerly owned by Sir John Fenn, editor of the Paston Letters.
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (ms. no. 33859); sold at auction at Sotheby's in a sale of part of his library (New Series, 7th Part), 14 June 1971, to Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. (London).
Formerly owned by Mark Lansburgh (bookplate inside former binding).
Previously handled by dealer Bruce Ferrini (Akron, Oh.).
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Feb. 1998.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Formerly owned by Sir John Fenn, editor of the Paston Letters.
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps
Formerly owned by Mark Lansburgh
Previously handled by dealer Bruce Ferrini
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Table of prescribed weights for varieties of loaves for different prices of wheat, with the heading The statute of wynchestre. Written in Winchester in the 16th century. After a preamble of 8 lines written in a cursive Gothic script, the table of 6 columns of 34 lines in textura script presents the prices of wheat in the first column followed by columns for 5 varieties of loaf (quarter symnell, farthing wastel, white lofe, wheten lof, and household lof). The preamble begins with the heading and a 6-line calligraphic initial in red ink. The columns alternate between red and black ink, with a drawing in faint red ink at the top of each column (a sack of grain over the first, a type of loaf over the others) and a drawing of a scroll in black ink enclosing the heading of each column.
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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