Title supplied by cataloger. Formerly ff. 180-182 of a large cartulary, presumably ecclesiastical, including charters by William I, Stephen and John. Written in England at the end of the thirteenth century or in the early fourteenth century. Span folios: ff. 1-3v. Support: Parchment. Layout: Although consecutive, ff. 1-2 are not conjunct. 46-49 long lines ruled in lead. Written by one person in a formal littera textualis with occasional anglicana features. Decoration: 2-line alternating red and blue initials with filigree and tendrils. Running headlines in the hand of the text, De libertate Ecclesiastica. Foliation in roman numerals by scores. Occasional erasures and corrections by the scribe. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/29/2012. Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (name and number 16502 on lower margin of f. 1v). Pencil numbers 28, 835. Acquired by Homer D. Crotty, a trustee of the Huntington Library, shortly after 1945.
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