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Add MS 15350/1
- Record Id:
- 032-003420058
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003420058
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100063023615.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15350/1
- Title:
- Medieval binding
- Scope & Content:
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Former covers of Add MS 15350, removed in 1961, now kept separately. They consist of Romanesque pink-dyed leather over wooden covers, blind-tooled, with geometric, zoomorphic and foliate decoration.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003420058", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 15350/1: Medieval binding" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003420058
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003420058
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Former covers of Add MS 15350
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_15350/1 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 390 x 280 mm.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Winchester, Southeastern England.
Provenance:
The Benedictine Cathedral Priory of St Peter, St Paul, and St Swithun, Winchester, founded in 642: Add MS 15350 contains the cartulary of the priory.
Thomas Dackomb (b. 1496, d. 1572), English book collector: owned Add MS 15350 in 1550; his ownership inscription (Add MS 15350, f. 2r).
Winchester Cathedral: owned the manuscript before 1844; its ownership inscription 'Winchester Cathedral Library' added in a 19th-century hand (Add MS 15350, f. 2r).
Purchased by the British Museum from the Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral on 21 December 1844 (Add MS 15350, f. 2r).
- Information About Copies:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1841-1845 (London: British Museum, 1850), p. 1 (no. 15,350).
Henry Benjamin Wheatley, Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum: Selected for Their Beauty or Historical Interest (London: Low, 1889), p. 5.
Geoffrey D. Hobson, English Binding Before 1500, The Sandars Lectures (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1929), p. 29.
- 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.