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Harley MS 624, ff 144-217

Record Id:

041-003316527

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002046453

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100033398889.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100066733280.0x000001

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 624, ff 144-217

Title:

Chronicles

Scope & Content:

This part of Harley MS 624 has been written by Sir Simonds d'Ewes, who compiled the manuscript between c. 1639-1643.

Contents:

ff. 144r-144v: A Latin inscription followed by a fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century.

f. 145r: A drawing of king William the Conqueror followed by a short bibliographical text.

ff. 146-147: Two coloured drawings (see decoration).

ff. 148r-160r: Rotulus de viduis pueris et puellis.

ff. 161r-217r: Collectanea Historica with Simon d'Ewes's signature.

[ff. [144a]r, [144a]v, [144b]r, [144b]v, 145v, 146r, 147v, 160v, [160a]r, [160a]v, [205a]r, [205a]v, and 217v are blank].

Decoration:

Three miniatures in colours:

f. 145r: A half-page miniature in colours of William the Conqueror.

f. 146v: A full-page miniature in colours of William the Conqueror, king of England, giving a letter with a seal concerning the ruling of the city of York to the duke Alan of Brittany.

f. 147r: A half-page miniature of knights with heraldic banners, one of them giving a sealed letter to the group to the right.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

England and France 700-1200 Project
Harley Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002046453
041-003316527

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 624 : Chronicles; Passionale (Lives of Saints); Historica collectanea

Harley MS 624, ff 144-217 : Chronicles

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[0624]/040-002046453[0003]/041-003316527

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

Part of Harley MS 624

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1634

End Date:

1643

Date Range:

c 1639-1643

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 380 x 260 mm (text space: 310 x 170 mm).

Script: Early modern cursive.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)): his name 'Simonds D'Ewes' inscribed on ff. 1v, 161, 217; his binding and arms; his added texts (ff. 1-82, 99* and ff. 145-217) and dates '1639' (f. 145) and '1643' (f. 217).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

D’Ewes, Simonds, 1st Baronet, diarist and antiquary, 1602-1650,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083393524,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/12656415

Subjects:

History

Places:

England