Ranulf Higden — 14th century, end; English
MS. Hatton 14
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ranulf Higden — 14th century, end; English
Shelfmark
MS. Hatton 14
Place of origin
English
Date
14th century, end
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
194leaves, in double columns
Decoration
Good penwork borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 712)
Binding
Red leather on boards, in a white sheep-skin cover of which the flaps have been cut off, 15th-cent. title 'Polycronicon' on cover, with two clasps (one lost) and leather book-marker, contemporary English work.
Provenance
Sheen, Surrey, Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem: 'Istum librum Iohannes Yorke generosus accomodavit domno Willelmo Mede huius domus monacho pro tempore vite sue postmodum vero Willelmus eiusdem filius dedit eidem domui in eternum'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Medieval binding. (MLGB3)
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