William Langland — 15th century, early; English
MS. Rawl. poet. 38
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
William Langland — 15th century, early; English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. poet. 38
Associated place
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Place of origin
English
Date
15th century, early
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii (later paper) + 101 (parchment) + i (foliated 102)leaves.
Hands
One hand, Anglicana.
Decoration
Flourished initials in red and blue ink of between two and eight lines in height found on fols. 4v, 13r, 24r, 30v, 33v, 35r, 39r, 54v, 58r, 66v, 71r, 80r, 85v, and 89r. Single-line pilcrows on a number of folios. Alternating between red and blue on fols. 1v–4v, 24r–25r, and 95r–96v; only red on fols. 7v–24v, 25r–29v, and 33r; only blue on fols. 29r–30v.
Later sketched faces in leadpoint on fols. 39v, 47v, 54v, and 71r.
Manicula found in a variety of hands and media on fols. 52v, 59v, 73r, and 95r
Fol. 101v filled with pen trials, sketches of people and animals, and signatures in multiple hands, in both ink and leadpoint.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
On fol. 101r (cf. 101v) 'William Buttes' (early 16th cent.?)
Thomas Hearne: 'Suum cuique. Tho. Hearne. Sept. 29, 1732.'.
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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