Harvard University, MS Eng 530

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DS ID:

DS11131

Shelfmark:

MS Eng 530

Title:

Compleynt of Cryst; Guy of Warwick ; etc.

Compleynt of Cryst

Date:

ca. 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

enm

Middle English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 211 leaves, bound ; 30 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Lilly, Joseph, 1804-1870

Joseph L. Lilly WIKIDATA

Medlicott, William Gibbons, 1816-1883

William Gibbons Medlicott WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in at least two unidentified hands in mixed cursive script; with flourished initials and rubrics.
Bound in 19th-cent. blind tooled calf.
Curatorial file contains a letter to Joseph Lilly from Henry Bradshaw, dated 31 July 1866; copy of a ltter from A. I. Doyle, dated 1 January 1950; and other material concerning the manuscript.
In a tray case, 32 cm.
Purchased with the Charles Minot bequest, 1878.
Belonged to Joseph Lilly; and William Gibbons Medlicott.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Medieval

England

Caesar, Julius

Great Britain

History

Early works

Brutus, the Trojan (Legendary character)

Romances

Guy of Warwick (Legendary character)--Romances

Magi

Legends

Education of princes

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990097568050203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:7835965

Holding Institution:

Harvard University