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1. Add MS 5923-5926

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Title:
TOPHAM COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
Purchased with Add. 5920-5922 at the sale of the library of John Topham, antiquary (b.1746, d.1803), at Sotheby's, 12 Feb. 1804.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Mid 15th century
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 5923

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Scope & Content:
PLACITA ABBREVIATA: a collection from the Year Books of 1-20 Edward III (1327-1347), arranged by subject; mid 14th cent. French. Origin: England. Beg. 'En bref de dreit'. Contemporary index, ff. 3-3v. The Year Books for 1-10 Edward III were first printed in 1562: see R. V. Rogers, 'Manuscript Ye...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 5925

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YEAR BOOKS: temp. Edward I; early 14th cent. (aft. 1307). French. Origin: England. For early editions of the Year Books, see: J. H. Beale, A bibliography of early English law books, Ames Foundation (1926), pp. 51-104;- J. Nicholson, Register of manuscripts of Year Books extant, Selden Soc. (1956...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 5926

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LEGAL COLLECTION: sections of Year Books, Statutes, etc., temp. Edward II - Henry IV; mid 14th cent. (articles 1-5) - mid 15th cent. (articles 6, 7). French. Origin: England. Marginals, contemporary - 16th cent. throughout, except to articles 3 and 7 which bear contemporary marginals only. Artic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mid 14th century-Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 5924

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Scope & Content:
LEGAL COLLECTION; late 13th - mid 14th cent. Latin and FrenchOrigin: England. For current bibliographical information on many of these texts see Baker and Ringrose (1996), which has an index of manuscripts. Loss of text between ff. 36v-37, 37v-38, 47v-48. Marginals chiefly contemporary. Marginal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 item