Extent: 70 leaves : parchment, illustrations, coats of arms, genealogical tables, illuminations ; 314 x 265 (274 x 222 or smaller) mm bound to 317 x 255 mm
Manuscript composite codex. Collective title devised by cataloger. Secundo folio: Schobbedon dedyer. Collation: Parchment, fol. iv (modern paper) + 70 (medieval parchment) + iv (modern paper) ; 14(-1, preceding fol. 1, without loss of text) 212 36 44(-4 following fol. 24, without loss of text) 58 68(-8, following fol. 39, without loss of text) 72 82(-2, following fol. 42, without loss of text) 92(-1,2, preceding fol. 43, without loss of text) 10-112 126 132 144(-1, preceding fol. 53, without... Layout: Fol. 1v-24v and 65r-67 written in long lines that vary in number. Fol. 25r-39v and 49r-62r are genealogical tables with text written between and around lines of the tables. Fol. 43v-44r written in five columns. Fol. 70r-v written in 2 columns of at least 25 lines. Script: Chiefly written in Anglicana script. Fol. 70 in Textualis Formata script. Decoration: red and blue penwork initials throughout (gold and purple initial on fol. 7r and 48r); fol. 25r-37r: genealogical tables with penwork in blue and red; fol. 49r-63v and 67v-69v: arms, of which some are color illuminations and others unfinished sketches; fol. 47v: sketch of a knight in brown ink; fol. 55v: illumination of dragon cutting across the page in red, pink, blue, white... Binding: Formerly bound in early 18th-century calf. Rebound in 1966 in blind tooled brown morocco with gilt spine title; signed: The Lakeside Press, Chicago. Lettering pieces from earlier binding for title "Abbaye de Wigemo Mortin", shelf mark "25", and "MS" pasted to front flyleaf 2r. Origin: Written by monks of Wigmore Abbey in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. Most sections of this codex were written down by various scribes during the 14th century or very early 15th century. The last full entry for the Mortimer family records the life of Roger, 4th Earl of March, who died in 1398 (fol. 59v); the last full entry for the kings is that of Edward III, d. 1377 (fol. 36v-37r... Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms224. Former shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, CS439.M82W6. Former shelfmark: 25. Byname: Chronicle of Wigmore Abbey. Few annotations in a 16th-century hand throughout. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, Wrest Park. "Coll. of Earl de Grey and Lord Lucas, at Wrest Park (n. 25 ...); Lady Lucas sale (London, 19 June 1922, n 636) to May; sale by Sotheby (London, 13 November 1922, n. 394) to Aston; sale by Sotheby (London, 20 November 1923, n. 499) to Grundherr; sale by Sotheby (London, 25 March...
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