Free Library of Philadelphia, LC 14 28
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4362
- Shelfmark:
- LC 14 28
- Title:
- Statuta vetera (Old Statutes)
- Place:
- England
- Date:
- 1385-1399
- Language:
- Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i+205; 93 x 61 mm bound to 100 x 68 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- Lloyd-Mostyn, Llewellyn Neville Vaughan
Carson, Hampton L. (Hampton Lawrence), 1852-1929
- Note:
- f. 204r-205r: note concerning the ordinances of the warden of the Fleet (1444)
Binding: Original doeskin over wooden boards; printed "100" pasted to spine; ink letters on front cover, no longer legible; remains of ordinal clasp and leather strap
Layout: 1 column of 23 lines, lead point ruling (prickings visible); written area: 62 x 35 mm
Script: Gothic--anglicana
Decoration: 1 illuminated initial and decorated border, red and blue decorated initials 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. 2018, no. 15.
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.64-65, no. 184.
Provenance: Llewellyn Neville Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn, Flintshire; Tregagkins; Hampton L. Carson, Philadelphia; given to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1929; Coat of arms on 205v; printed "100" pasted to spine and "Ms no 100" written in ink on verso of flyleaf; booksellers catalog entry pasted onto inside front cover; note laid into manuscript reads: "Late XIV cent. The date 1447 is in a... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lc_14_28.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lc_14_28/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
