William Ballard (?) — c. 1465; England
Smith newsb. d. 19
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
William Ballard (?) — c. 1465; England
Shelfmark
Smith newsb. d. 19
Place of origin
England
Date
c. 1465
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper, folded in quarto. Watermark (fols. 2, 4) type Piccard Krone I.327 (1453-62)
Physical extent
i (unfoliated endleaf, conjoint with pastedown) + i (modern paper) + 6 + vii (modern paper) + i (endleaf conjoint with pastedown)
Hands
Cursive: mixed secretary/anglicana; one hand.
Decoration
None.
Binding
19th-century (?) calf over pasteboards.
Acquisition
Given by him as part of his collection of printed newbooks in 1954 (see Bodleian Library Record 4 (1952-3) 290).
Provenance
Edward Lloyd When, fol. 6v following the end of the text.
Mostyn Library (Mostyn Hall, Flintshire), MS. 226: 'MS. no. 226' (18th century (?)) on the first (unfoliated) endleaf, and cf. Historical Manuscripts Commission, Fourth report (1874), App. p. 359. Shelfmark H/4c on the unfoliated endleaf.
Bookplate of Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd baron Mostyn: with with shield, helm, crest, and mantling, and the motto 'a domino - Auxilium meum'.
Mostyn sale, Sotheby's, 13 July 1920, lot. 64 (second part)
George Smith, of Great Bedwyn, 1871-1963
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