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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10773

Shelfmark:

MS Richardson 44

Title:

Þhe lyf and martirdom of seynt kateryne virgyne and martir

Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Date:

ca. 1425-1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

enm

Middle English WIKIDATA

Material:

vellum

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 64 leaves, bound : vellum ; 23 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Denman, John D

John D. Denman WIKIDATA

Duncalf, J., Rev

Rev. J. Duncalf WIKIDATA

Gibbs, Henry Hucks, 1819-1907

Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham WIKIDATA

Hurt, Charles, (Junior, of Wirksworth)

Charles Hurt WIKIDATA

Towneley, Charles

Charles Towneley WIKIDATA

Towneley, John, 1731-1813

John Towneley WIKIDATA

Triphook, T

T. Triphook WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in anglicana formata script in 1 column of 27 lines; 1 foliate initial on burnished gold ground with border, smaller burnished gold initials with sprays, and numerous colored initials in red and blue with pen flourishes; headings in red. Written in England.
Formerly part of a now-dispersed compendium of saints' lives (Huntington Lib., HM 115; Cambridge St John's College N. 16 and N. 17)
Letter of William Blades, 24 Apr. 1858, concerning manuscript is mounted before the text.
Bound in blue morocco, by Kalthoeber.
In a tray case, 26 cm.
Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
Belonged to John Towneley (bookplate); his sale (R.H. Evans, 8 June 1814, I, p. 43); bought by T. Triphook; Rev. J. Duncalf; his sale (Wheston Hall, Derbyshire, 1 Nov. 1836, lot 40); bought by Charles Hurt through Whittaker; John D. Denman; given by him to Colonel Charles Towneley in 1860; bought by Henry Hucks Gibbs, first Lord Aldenham (bookplate) from Ellis (1881?); his sale (22 Mar. 1937...

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Medieval

England

Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098824610203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:7516814

Holding Institution:

Harvard University