Harvard University, MS Typ 40

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10903

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 40

Title:

Chronicle of England

Date:

ca. 1470

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 roll : vellum ; 864 x 39 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Richardson, William King, 1859-1951

William King Richardson WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937

Leicester Harmsworth WIKIDATA

Note:

There are medallion portraits and other drawings in ink and watercolor, including armorial ones, throughout.
Consists of 14 skins sewn end to end.
In a red cloth box 42 x 14 x 10 cm.
Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 26428); Sir Leicester Harmsworth (his sale, 6th portion, 1945, lot 1959).
Gift of William King Richardson, 1946.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

scrolls (information artifacts)

Great Britain

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095199370203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:47933631

Holding Institution:

Harvard University