Written in England in the middle of the 15th century. Parchment; ff. i (paper) + ii (medieval parchment) + 179 + i (original? parchment) + ii (medieval parchment) + i (paper); approx. 280 × 200 (200–205 × 135) mm. 18(−1) 2–228 232(−2)? 246(−1, 5, 6); the original structure of the last 2 quires is uncertain: they may have also contained texts such as the dedication; catchwords and leaf signatures survive in most quires; the quires are numbered in... 15th century inscription: In primis Iohannes Haryson – xli / In primis Wylliam. Book VI glossed with names of plants in English in a 16th cent. hand. From the library of William Constable Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries. After his death the manuscript probably passed to his son, Marmaduke Francis Constable Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries; and after the latter’s death to his eldest daughter, Gwendoline...
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