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Harley MS 4328
- Record Id:
- 040-002050165
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002050165
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000807.0x000390
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4328
- Title:
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Life of Christ (books 6-10)
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-486v: Life of Christ (books 6-10); this is the second volume of a set (see rubrics ff. 1r, 15v-16r, 16v, 486r).
Decoration:
3 large miniatures in the style of the Master of Jacques de Luxembourg with full foliate borders including hybrid figures, heraldic arms and mottos, in colours and gold (ff. 17r, 254r, 410r). 1 small and 2 large decorated initials with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1r, 36r, 129v). Small initials and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capitals highlighted in yellow. Cadels.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002050165", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 4328: Life of Christ (books 6-10)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002050165 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 4328 : Life of Christ (books 6-10) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[4321]/040-002050165
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- French, Middle
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1455
- End Date:
- 1473
- Date Range:
- c 1460-c 1468
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 145 x 102 mm (text space: 95 x 65 mm).
Foliation: ff. 486 (+ 3 paper and 2 parchment flyleaves at the beginning + 2 parchment and 3 paper flyleaves at the end).
Collation: Gatherings of eight.
Script: Gothic cursive.
Binding: Post-1600. Brown leather; gilt edges.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Central France (Paris).
Provenance
Charles I de Melun (d. 1468), Grand Master of France: arms and motto 'vous et non plus' (ff. 17, 410) [We thank Jean-Luc Deuffic for the identification of the coat of arms].
Nicholas Joseph Foucault (b. 1643, d. 1721), marquis de Magny, statesman and archaeologist: his book-plate with the legend 'EX BIBLIOTHECA | NICOLAI JOSEPH FOUCAULT | COMITIS CONSISTORIANI' with his arms on the inside of the upper cover: [sable] a lion rampant, dexter, crowned [argent], as supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (see Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 155).
Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey Wanley (see Diary, Wright and Wright (1966), I, p. 91 n. 14; Fontes Harleiani (1972), p. 62).
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, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '23 Februarij, 1720.21.' (f. 1r).
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, p. 136.
The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726, ed. by C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), I: 1715-1723, p. 91 n. 14.
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 62, 155.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Paris, France