The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, mssHM 1342

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9937

Shelfmark:

mssHM 1342

Title:

Historical miscellany

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

between 1440 and 1460

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ff. 187 : paper ; 145 x 225 mm

Former Owner(s):

Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury WIKIDATA

Powis, George Charles Herbert, Earl of, 1862-

George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis WIKIDATA

Note:

Historical miscellany written after 30 November 1422 when a flood of the Tiber, mentioned of f. 99, occurred. The manuscript may have been written in Italy given the watermark and the subject matter, but was in England soon thereafter as shown by the added material in distinctly English hands, some of which pertains to Westminster; it is attributed to Westminster by Ker, MLGB, 197, with a...
Span folios: ff. 1-187 (ff. 1-3, contemporary parchment flyleaves). Support: Paper. Watermark(s): With deckle edges; a variety of watermarks, of which the most probably identifiable is Briquet, Fleur 6385, Vicenza 1429; some of the other watermarks may also be Italian. Layout: Collation beginning at f. 4: 112(through f. 15) 28(through f. 23) 3-512 68(through f. 67) 7-812 98(through f. 99...
Decoration: Initials, 2- and 1-line, in ink of text, sometimes with cadel decoration; on ff. 24-28, touches of red in the opening initials, initials in the text and lines through the rubrics. The later additions to the text, ff. 1v-2v, 3v, 64-67, 187(note) and other marginalia by at least 2 hands are in an English script; ff. 1v-2v and 64-67 have 32-33 long lines to the page, ruled in lead...
Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/2/2012.
Belonged to Edward Herbert, first Baron Herbert of Cherbury, whose calligraphic monogram, "E" superimposed on an "H," appears on f. 4; his indication of price is on f. 1. Herbert's manuscripts were left to his grandson, Edward, the third Baron; later they belonged to George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis; his sale, Sotheby's, 20 March 1923, lot 338 to Rosenbach.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

miscellanies

Church history

Rome (Empire)

Bible

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862169

IIIF Manifest:

https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/p15150coll7:51755/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens