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Royal MS 14 B III
- Record Id:
- 040-002106920
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x00004a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176155473.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 B III
- Title:
- Roll of maxims made for Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley
- Scope & Content:
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A roll of maxims about pride, created for Jane Lumley (1537-78), Baroness Lumley, daughter of Henry FitzAlan (1512-80), 19th earl of Arundel. Monograms JOANNA LVMLEIA.
Dated to between Jane’s marriage to John Lumley (d. 1609), 1st Baron Lumley, by 1553 and her death in 1578.
A similar roll, possibly in the same hand, was made for Jane's father, Henry FitzAlan, earl of Arundel, and is Royal MS 14 B II.
Decoration:
Decorated capitals in red, gold, teal and purple.
Gold headings.
Red, teal and yellow pen flourishes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Medieval and Renaissance Women
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002106920 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 14 B III : Roll of maxims made for Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1136]/040-002106920
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 roll
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100176155473.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1553
- End Date:
- 1578
- Date Range:
- 1553-1578
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 235 x 1645 mm; 235 x 100 (wrapper).
Foliation: 3 membranes.
Script: Humanistic.
Condition: Some staining and fading to text on m. 1.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley, between 1537 and 1578.
Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.
- Publications:
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G. F. Warner and J. P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King's Collections, 4 vols (London, 1921), II, p. 126.
Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (eds), The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609 (London, 1956), no. 1450.
Elizabeth McCutcheon (ed.), Sir Nicholas Bacon's Great House Sententiae, English Literary Renaissance Supplements, 3 (Honolulu, HI, and Claremont, CA, 1977), p. 19.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)