Gesta Romanorum [manuscript], ca. 1450.
Holt, Henry, active 16th century, former owner.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
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Title
Gesta Romanorum [manuscript], ca. 1450.
Description
52 leaves ; 225 x 155 mm
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Material base
Manuscript on paper.
Scope and content
Contains 33 of 34 tales or moral anecdotes derived from Greek and Roman history and legend. Only the final three lines of the first tale survive.
Language Note
In Latin.
Note
Manuscript codex.
Title from spine.
Collation: Leaves ii + 52 + ii; 1⁶(-1) 2-6⁸ 7⁸(-1); no catchwords; signatures a ii-iii and b-g i-iiii are marked on lower right corners; leaf 41 missing except for upper left corner; leaf 52 missing bottom half.
Layout: Written in 26 long lines (dimensions of written space: 170 x 110 mm).
Script: Written in a very unusual English Cursive hand.
Decoration: Some very simple pen flourishings at the ends of chapters on leaves 5v, 6v, 22r, 23r, 25r, 25v, 32v, 36r etc.
Origin: England, 15th century.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.76.
Title from spine.
Collation: Leaves ii + 52 + ii; 1⁶(-1) 2-6⁸ 7⁸(-1); no catchwords; signatures a ii-iii and b-g i-iiii are marked on lower right corners; leaf 41 missing except for upper left corner; leaf 52 missing bottom half.
Layout: Written in 26 long lines (dimensions of written space: 170 x 110 mm).
Script: Written in a very unusual English Cursive hand.
Decoration: Some very simple pen flourishings at the ends of chapters on leaves 5v, 6v, 22r, 23r, 25r, 25v, 32v, 36r etc.
Origin: England, 15th century.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.76.
Contents
Leaves 1r-52v: "[text begins abruptly] ... Quid aut apostolus. Qui perseuerauerunt in finem ... quid nos perducat qui sine fine regnat. amen. [rubr.] Explicit liber de gestis romanorum".
Binding information
Bound in 19th-century, half calf (blue leather and marbled paper), marble endpapers.
Provenance
Possible marks of ownership in 16th century hands on leaves 31v ("Standely"), 49v (illegible), 50v ("Henri Holt").
Formerly owned by Halliwell-Phillipps and sold to Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library (bookplate).
Formerly owned by Halliwell-Phillipps and sold to Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library (bookplate).
Source of acquisition
Purchased as part of the Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library Collection by Henry Clay Folger.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 3.3
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.76
Folger accession
cs3