Pasted in notes (flyleaf 1 recto) include collation of: a10 b8 c12 d6 e12 f10 g-u8 x2 - new collation reflects a change in f10 to f8 and in g-u8 to g-t8; Vellum of the binding has broken on the back of spine, in joints, and front cover Binding: Late eighteenth-century tooled vellum binding. Two metal clasps. Stamped on spine: "INSPEXIMUS EDWARDI PRI[MUS] MAGNA CARTA ET ALLIS STATUTIBUS" Layout: Frame-ruled in lead in one column of variable lines ranging from twenty-six to thirty-two lines, prickings visible; running headings throughout; written area: 145 x 89 mm Script: Gothic--anglicana Decoration: Illuminated initial (fol. 1r); red and blue initials decorated with pen flourishing and foliate designs throughout; paragraph marks in red and blue; marginalia and glossing throughout Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2017, no. 8. Related resource: John Hamilton Baker, English Legal Manuscripts in the United States of America: A Descriptive List, part I, Medieval and Renaissance Period (to 1558) (London: Seldon Society, 1985), p.63, no. 178. Provenance: Hampton L. Carson, Philadelphia; given to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1929; Book plate of the Free Library of Philadelphia, gift of Hampton L. Carson, pasted onto inside front cover. "M 1" written in ink and pasted onto inside front cover
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