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Harley MS 4239
- Record Id:
- 040-002050076
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002050076
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000807.0x000303
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4239
- Title:
- Leges sive Statuta Cantabrigiensis, Academiae
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-25v: 'Leges sive Statuta Cantabrigiensis, Academiae' (dated 26 March 1573); with the names of William Cecil, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1559, Andrew Perne, Vice-Chancellor, and the Masters of the colleges at the end.
Decoration:
The heraldic achievement of Queen Elizabeth I in colours and gold on f. 1r. 1 Large initial 'E' composed of two black dragons in a frame with a blue black ground and floral motifs in green and gold, featuring the coat of arms of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland in colours and gold. The text space of each page has been outlined in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002050076", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 4239: Leges sive Statuta Cantabrigiensis, Academiae" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002050076 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 4239 : Leges sive Statuta Cantabrigiensis, Academiae - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[4232]/040-002050076
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1628
- End Date:
- 1649
- Date Range:
- between 1628 and 1649
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 345 x 245 mm (text space: 265 x 165 mm).
Foliation: ff. 25 (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves and 1 unfoliated parchment flyleaf at the beginning + 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the end); 2 unfoliated ruled (text space) parchment leaves at the end.
Script: 17th-century script.
Binding: British Museum in-house: red half leather with the Harleian arms gold stamped on the outside cover.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Henry Rich (bap. 1590, d. 1649), 1st Earl of Holland, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1628-1649), made for him: his coat of arms [Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonée or, with a crescent brisure] painted in the decorated initial on f. 1r.
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.
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III (1808), p. 120.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- England