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Egerton MS 2341/1
- Record Id:
- 040-001983293
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001983292
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000116.0x000270
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100179707342.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2341/1
- Title:
- Instructions for the stained glass windows of Greyfriars Church, Greenwich
- Scope & Content:
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A roll of instructions for the glaziers creating stained glass windows for Greyfriars Church, Greenwich. The text describes each figure to be depicted, including their physical appearance, dress, attributes, and their heraldry.
The figures are Edward the Confessor, Edmund the Martyr, St Aethelthryth, the mythological Constantine, Roman emperor and king of Britain, a Louis, half-brother to Louis IX of France, St Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, Henry VII of England, Charlemagne, Thomas de Cantilupe, bishop of Hereford, St Margaret of Scotland, a king Louis of France, ancestor to Henry VII, Aethelberht of Kent, St Edith, and Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII.
Probably originally a single roll together with Egerton MS 2341/2. As the second roll refers to Henry’s queen, Elizabeth of York, in the present tense, the manuscripts probably date to before her death in February 1503.
Decoration:
Heraldic shields in colours and gold.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001983292
040-001983293 - Is part of:
- Egerton MS 2341 A-B : INSTRUCTIONS for making, in stained glass, "all the Images of Seyntes yt shalbe made in yt v. panes of the wyndow in the…
Egerton MS 2341/1 : Instructions for the stained glass windows of Greyfriars Church, Greenwich - Hierarchy:
- 032-001983292[0001]/040-001983293
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton MS 2341 A-B
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 roll
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100179707342.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1485
- End Date:
- 1503
- Date Range:
- 1485-1503
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Dimensions: 155 x 1765 mm ( + 120 mm wrapper).
Foliation: 10 membranes joined together with a paper wrapper.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin:
England.
Provenance:
William Le Neve (1592-1661), herald and genealogist, his signature as ‘Sir William Le Neve Clarente’ (m. 1r), referring to his position as Clarenceux king of arms from 1635-46.
Acquired by the British Museum in 1874.
- Former Internal References:
- Egerton MS 2341 A
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1875, 2 vols (London, 1877), II, p. 1023.
Hasted’s History of Kent: Part I. The Hundred of Blackheath, ed. Henry H. Drake (London, 1886), pp. 86-87.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)