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Egerton MS 2951/1
- Record Id:
- 032-003376459
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003376459
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044187816.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100066062153.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2951/1
- Title:
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Medieval binding
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
Former covers of Egerton MS 2951, now kept separately. The covers consist of a folded bifolium from a 14th-century manuscript of the Gospel of St John; the bifolium contains chapters 9-10 with glosses.
Decoration:
Large initial in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in blue or red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003376459", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2951/1: Medieval binding" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003376459
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003376459
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Former covers of Egerton MS 2951
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100066062153.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1350
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 180 x 120 mm (turned sideways, originally in two columns).
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
'James Fawether': his name inscribed in a 16th-century script on the inside of the first of the two leaves that form the upper cover, originally the verso of the first leaf of the bifolium that has been folded and turned at a right angle in order to create a binding for Egerton MS 2951.
'Henry Ca[rle]', his name inscribed in a 16th-century script next to that of 'James Fawether'; perhaps added the inscription 'And so she was attired as a', possibly a quotation from the Arcardia of Philip Sidney (b. 1554, d. 1584).
An unidentified 16th-century owner: (?) his name (?) 'Barnard' inscribed on the inside of the second of the two leaves that form the lower cover, originally the verso of the first leaf of the bifolium that has been folded and turned at a right angle in order to create a binding for Egerton MS 2951.
Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 13 November 1916, lot 730, by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829).
- Former Internal References:
- Egerton MS 2951
- Information About Copies:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/welcome.htm.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1916-1920 (London: British Museum, 1933), no. Eg. 2951.
Andrew G. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 700-1600 in The Department of Manuscripts: The British Library, 2 vols (London: British Library, 1979), I, no. 616.
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 155.
Richard Sharpe and James Willoughby, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain (Oxford: The Bodleian Libraries, 2015) «http://mlgb3.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/mlgb/book/4518/» [accessed 11 May 2017].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This manuscript is part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700-1200.