Statutes of England (Vetera statuta), Legal treatises, Register of writs — 13th century, late – 14th century, early (fols. 132–220, after 1297); English
MS. Add. C. 188
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Statutes of England (Vetera statuta), Legal treatises, Register of writs — 13th century, late – 14th century, early (fols. 132–220, after 1297); English
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 188
Place of origin
English
Date
13th century, late – 14th century, early (fols. 132–220, after 1297)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
vii + 225 leaves
Decoration
Miniatures (marginal sketches).
Good penwork initials.
Coloured initials, rubrics.
fol. 220r: drawing, lower margin, a bird and two half-figures of a man and a woman.
Acquisition
Purchased for the Bodleian.
Provenance
'Ludwell', 15th cent., fol. iii.
'Johannes Toller', early 16th cent., fol. 221.
'Sum domini Alexandri Hoch', 16th cent., fol. 222v.
Sir Edward Coke.
'Thome Aston', 16th cent., second half, fol. iii.
Lord Aston (d. 1678?).
Sir Simon Degge (d. 1703).
His great-grandson Simon Degge M.D. (d. 1729) (who wrote in the volume on 5 April 1723).
A. J. Horwood; lot. 1325 in his sale, 12 June 1883.
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