The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, mssHM 2

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9849

Shelfmark:

mssHM 2

Title:

Chester mystery cycle

Scribe:

Gregorie, Edward

Edward Gregorie WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

1591

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Middle English

Middle English WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ff. 145 (foliated 6-150) : paper ; 196 x 293 mm

Note:

Title from printed catalog.
Support: Paper.
Script: Secretary; Italic; Semi-italic.
Layout: 112(-1 through 5) 214 3-1212 134. 38-52 lines; vertical rules usually in lead along the inner margin and in dry point along the outer.
Watermark(s): Pot with initials "PDB" similar to Briquet 12793, Bayonne 1583 and to Heawood 3576; another, with initials "PGG," similar to Heawood 3578, and other variations.
The name "Georgium Bellin" on f. IV verso, was copied from Harley 2013 in the nineteenth century.
Assigned Date: s. XVIex.
Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 3/4/2012.
Written in England, the earliest known complete manuscript of this text, in 1591 according to the explicit on f. 150v. Art. 1, with the date "4 June 1600" on f. I and the name "Georgium Bellin" on f. IV verso, was copied from Harley 2013 in the nineteenth century. Below the explicit on f. 150v, in a more formal script, possibly by a different person, but difficult to see clearly due to...

Keyword:

watermarks

manuscripts (documents)

Plays

mystery plays

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862080

IIIF Manifest:

https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/p15150coll7:51070/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens