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Yates Thompson MS 48
- Record Id:
- 040-002360079
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002354332
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000926.0x0000ac
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Yates Thompson MS 48
- Title:
- Nova Statuta (Edward III-Henry VI)
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-40v: Index of statutes.
ff. 41r-103v: Statutes of Edward III.
ff. 104r-146v: Statutes of Richard II.
ff. 147r-172r: Statutes of Henry IV.
ff. 172v-190v: Statutes of Henry V.
ff. 191r-253v: Statutes of Henry VI, ending imperfectly with the November 1450 parliament, followed by a 19th century note about the parliament.
ff. 5v, 254r (except for the running header), 254v-256v are blank.
Decoration:
5 historiated initials, accompanied by full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 41r, 104r, 147r, 172v, 190r).
Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. At the end, 3 large initials in gold on pink and light blue foliate grounds (ff. 246v, 250v, 252v).
Paraph marks in plain red or blue.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Yates Thompson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002354332
040-002360079 - Is part of:
- Yates Thompson MS 1-59 : Yates Thompson Manuscripts
Yates Thompson MS 48 : Nova Statuta (Edward III-Henry VI) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002354332[0052]/040-002360079
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Yates Thompson MS 1-59
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1451
- End Date:
- 1485
- Date Range:
- 1451-c 1480
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 300 x 210 mm (text space: 210 x 130 mm).
Foliation: ff. 256 (+ 3 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 3 at the end).
Script: Gothic cursive.
Binding: Post-1600. Brown leather; marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin:
London, England.
Provenance:
Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d. 1928), collector of illuminated manuscripts and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover).
Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Law
- Places:
- London, England