Legal cases — 14th century; English
MS. Holkham misc. 29
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Legal cases — 14th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Holkham misc. 29
Place of origin
English
Date
14th century
Language
Anglo-Norman
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii (paper) + 278 + ii (paper).
Hands
Several charter hands.
Binding
Typical Holkham binding of polished brown leather; the spine lettered in gilt 'PLACITA' and 'M.S. | XI. EDW. I.' and with the number '245' at the bottom; rebacked.
Provenance
Sir Edward Coke: inscribed 'Edw. Coke capitalis Justiiarius de banco' (fol. 1r); in his catalogue, see Hassall, 1950, no. 312; for his use of this MS. see the preface by Samuel E. Thorne in Hassall, 1950; formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 245.
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