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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Davis1-890

1. Davis1-890

Reference (shelfmark):
Davis1-890
Title:
Henry Davis Collection
Scope & Content:
The Henry Davis Collection comprises circa 890 bookbindings, including manuscripts and printed material.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
circa 890 manuscripts and printed books

2. Davis80

Reference (shelfmark):
Davis80
Title:
Glossed Book of Ezekiel
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the Book of Ezekiel with Gloss. The manuscript, according to Julian Harrison (unpublished note, see 'Davis80', Database of Bookbindings ( «http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings» [accessed 02 March 2018]) was written by a French scribe in France or England...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Davis386

Reference (shelfmark):
Davis386
Title:
The Gospels of Matthew and Mark with Glosses
Scope & Content:
The manuscript from the 1st quarter of the 13th century contains the Gospels of Matthew and Mark with interlinear and marginal Gloss. It features a Parisian Romanesque binding by the so-called ‘Starry Griffin’ binder, and historiated initials by the so-called ‘Almagest’ workshop, named after a c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Davis849

Reference (shelfmark):
Davis849
Title:
Dogale, Instructions to Benetto Moro Giuro, on becoming a member of the Council
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-58v: Dogale, Instructions to Benetto Moro Giuro, on becoming a member of the Council; two untranscribed monograms with the scribe’s name at the end. ff. 61r-67r: A table of contents, entitled: ‘Rubrica’. Decoration: A frontispiece with full borders featuring animals and p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 volume