The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, mssHM 744

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9596

Shelfmark:

mssHM 744

Title:

Didactic pieces

Didactic

Author:

Hoccleve, Thomas, 1370?-1450

Thomas Hoccleve WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

between 1425 and 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

enm

Middle English WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, bound

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: ff. 1-68 volumes : parchment, bound ; 160 x 233 mm

Former Owner(s):

Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878

Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham WIKIDATA

Dunn, George, 1864-1912

George Dunn WIKIDATA

Gollancz, Israel, 1864-1930

Israel Gollancz WIKIDATA

Thompson, Henry Yates, 1838-1928

Henry Yates Thompson WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from printed catalog.
Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke,
Binding: Bound in old limp leather; much repaired.
This entire item has been digitized and is available on the Huntington Digital Library. Please click on the link in this record to view the item.
In the collection of the Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878), Appendix n. 133, with the characteristic yellow circular label on the spine. The Appendix manuscripts sold privately in May 1897 to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928); his sale of the items he did not wish to retain, Sotheby's, 1 May 1899, n. 81 to Leighton. Belonged to George Dunn (1865-1912); his sale, Sotheby's, 11 February 1913, pt. I...

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

England

Fifteenth century

English poetry--Middle English

Hoccleve, Thomas, 1370?-1450?

Manuscripts, Medieval

California--San Marino

San Marino

Didactic poetry, English (Middle)

English literature--Middle English

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1823517

IIIF Manifest:

https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/p15150coll7:18518/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens