Palladius — 1442–3(?) (after 1439, before 1447); English
MS. Duke Humfrey d. 2
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Palladius — 1442–3(?) (after 1439, before 1447); English
Shelfmark
MS. Duke Humfrey d. 2
Place of origin
English
Date
1442–3(?) (after 1439, before 1447)
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Illuminated initials, one (fol. 1r) with the arms of Duke Humfrey, and penwork initials; translator's preface and epilogues written in a scheme of alternating colours.
Acquisition
Allocated to the Bodleian in 1984 in lieu of capital transfer tax.
Provenance
Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447), with his arms, and an inscription probably in his hand
Inscribed 'William Hodgkin', 'Georg Hodgkin' and 'Fly:(?) Hodgkin', all probably 17th-century (fol. 119v)
James West, M.P. (c. 1704–72), signed 'J. West 1767' (fol. ii r)
Sixth Earl Fitzwilliam, of Wentworth Woodhouse, by 1862
William Charles de Meuron, seventh Earl Fitzwilliam (d. 1943), with his bookplate and the Wentworth Woodhouse shelfmark 'Z.I.22'.
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Connections
People associated with this object
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447
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Hodgkin, William, 17th cent.
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Fitzwilliam, William Charles de Meuron, Earl, 1872-1943
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Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, William Thomas Spencer (1815-1902), 6th Earl Fitzwilliam
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Hodgkin, Fly:(?), 17th cent.
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West, James, 1703-1772
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Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus, 4th cent.
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Hodgkin, George, 17th cent.
