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Add MS 5958
- Record Id:
- 032-003442248
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442248
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x0002fb
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5958
- Title:
- A Treatise on Heraldry
- Scope & Content:
-
small quarto volume (56 folios), containing a Treatise of Heraldry, written about the middle of the 16th Century, with a few Coats rudely emblazoned.
A folio is wanting at the commencement.
On the first page is a large shield (probably of the compiler), viz. Az. A cheveron gul. between 3 crescents or, and on the last page another coat, quarterly, viz. 1 and 4, arg. A chevron erin between 3 annulets gul. 2. Sab. A battle axe in bend sinister between 2 pheons arg. 3. Arg. A chevron gul. over all a label of 3 points gul.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003442248", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 5958: A Treatise on Heraldry" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442248
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442248
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (56 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1530
- End Date:
- 1570
- Date Range:
- Mid 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- A folio is wanting at the commencement
- Custodial History:
- This volume is part of the bequest of the Rev. William Cole, A.M. of King’s College, Cambridge, left by him in 1783.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.