Harvard University, MS Typ 494

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS11082

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 494

Title:

Nobility

Author:

Cooke, Robert, -1592

Robert Cooke WIKIDATA

Date:

1572-1580.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in English

English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 103 leaves, bound ; 42 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Towneley, John, 1731-1813

John Towneley WIKIDATA

Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908

Sir Thomas Brooke, 1st Baronet WIKIDATA

Napier, George G

George G. Napier WIKIDATA

Note:

Each entry is a coat of arms in color on the left, with text naming the nobleman and other details of the peerage next to it. In the right margin is named the living holder of the peerage. The text is written in a secretary hand in black ink.
Title tooled on front board.
Date and authorship from inscription on f. 92r - "R. Cooke Clarencieulx composuit Anno 1572 reg. Eliz. 14". The last 10 entries follow this inscription and were made after it.
Bound in contemporary mottled calf, stamped in gilt, rebacked.
In a tray case, 44 cm.
John Towneley (bookplate); Thomas Brooke FSA, Armitage Bridge (bookplate); George G. Napier (inscription, "bought October 1922 Ellis 29 New Bond Street).
Purchased with the Keller Fund, 1961.

Keyword:

armorials (reference sources)

coats of arms

Drawings

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Nobility

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098424670203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:3983607

Holding Institution:

Harvard University