Fragment of English verse; England (?north-west), s. xviin
Christ Church, Allestree fragments, no. 37
Christ Church, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Fragment of English verse; England (?north-west), s. xviin
Shelfmark
Christ Church, Allestree fragments, no. 37
Place of origin
England (?north-west)
Date
s. xviin
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper (no watermark)
Physical extent
Fol. 1 To the line ends, on average
Hands
Written in mixed anglicana/secretary.
Unpunctuated.
Decoration
The two-line initial S an archaising penwork design of two dragons.
Binding
housing The last item in an envelope of fragments from the Allestree collection, mainly removed from volumes in his collection apparently by Thomas Vere Bayne (see no. 28, though that item appears to be in the handwriting of William Wake), but also including letters to Allestree. Apart from this fragment, others are post-1600, apart from a former flyleaf from a glossed printed book of canon law. This would appear to have been a flyleaf in an octavo printed book.
Provenance
A signature on both sides (upside down and very faded on the recto) Wyllyam Brereton; also on the verso Iame tayler and Anne Bere. The first may be one of the several Cheshire men of the name active in the early sixteenth century, e.g. Sir William of Brereton Green, who died as Lord Justice of Ireland in 1541.
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