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Harley MS 472
- Record Id:
- 040-002046300
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046300
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000596.0x0003b9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 472
- Title:
- A collection of arms and mottoes of companies and corporations of London; a fragment from a Book of Hours
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript contains a collection of arms and mottoes of companies and corporations of London, made in England in the 16th century. It includes two leaves from a Book of Hours dating from the 1st quarter of the 15th century which have been re-used as flyleaves.
Contents:
ff. 1*r-v: A fragment from a Book of Hours, England, 1st quarter of the 15th century.
ff. 1r-41r: A collection of arms and mottoes of companies and corporations of London, England, 16th century.
ff. 42r-v: A fragment from the Hours of the Virgin, end of Prime and the beginning of Terce, England, 1st quarter of the 15th century.
Decoration:
Pen drawing of a King of Arms wearing an emblazoned coat in ink (f. 1r).
Pen drawings of arms with mottoes, crests, supporters and mantling, mainly in ink except one in ink and colours (f. 2v).
Decoration in the Book of Hours fragment:
Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, initial and full bar border with ivy decoration and sprays extending into the border in gold and colours, effaced (f. 42v).
Initials in gold on coloured grounds with white tracery and ivy spray decoration extending into the borders. Small initials in gold on coloured grounds. Line-fillers in gold and colours.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046300 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 472 : A collection of arms and mottoes of companies and corporations of London; a fragment from a Book of Hours - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0471]/040-002046300
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 15th century-16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper (ff. 1-41); parchment (ff. 1* and 42).
Dimensions: 155 x 100 mm (text space on ff. 1* and 42: 100 x 65 mm).
Foliation: ff. 1* + 42 (+ 4 unfoliated leaves after f. 34 and 3 after f. 40, and 4 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and the end).
Script: Cursive (ff. 1-41); Gothic (ff. 1* and 42).
Binding: British Museum; marbled endleaves.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Sir Simonds D'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Watson 1966, Wright 1972): listed in his catalogue without number as 'the Armes of the Companies of London' (see Add MS 22918, f. 21; see Watson 1966).
Sir Simonds D’Ewes (d. 1722), 3rd baronet and grandson of the former: inherited and later sold the D’Ewes library to Robert Harley on 4 October 1705 for £450 (see Add. 70478 (formerly Loan 29/254 packet 2); Watson 1966; Wright and Wright 1966).
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Information About Copies:
- Select digital coverage: Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: [n. pub.], 1808-12), I, no. 472.
Andrew G. Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London: British Museum, 1966), p. 149 no. [A381].
Cyril E. Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 131, 380.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)