A collection of statutes of the realm [manuscript], compiled ca. 1325.
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Title
A collection of statutes of the realm [manuscript], compiled ca. 1325.
Uniform title
Laws, etc.
Description
214 leaves : col. ill. ; 123 x 82 mm
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Material base
Manuscript on parchment (sheepskin).
Scope and content
Abbreviated versions. Includes an Anglo-Norman version of the 1225 reissue of Magna Carta.
Language Note
In Anglo-Norman, with one exception; many are translations from Latin.
Note
Manuscript codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Table of contents at beginning.
Collation: Leaves i + 213 (leaves numbered 2-212; unnumbered leaf between leaves 124 and 125); 1^12, 2^16, 3^16(-3), 4^16, 5^16(-1), 6-10^16, 10^16, 11^16(+1), 12^6, 13^10(-1), 14^16, 15^14(-1); stubs between leaves 39 and 40, 71 and 72, 212 and 213; leaves 176 and 184 cut affecting text; horizontal catchwords at end of each quire; very few annotations and one manicule (leaf 196v).
Layout: Written in 18-21 long lines (dimensions of written space: 90 x 58 mm); below line; frame-ruled; prickings in outer margin; headings on top of each page; pen flourishes of letters on last line of page.
Script: Written in Anglicana script.
Decoration: Simple blue, red and gold borders on leave 2-12v.
Decoration: Gold initials with red and blue ink flourishes on leaves 14r, 31v, 54r, 59r, 86v, 144r, 152r, 161v, 166v, 185r, and 186v.
Decoration: Pen flourished initials in red and blue ink throughout.
Decoration: Red and blue initials and highlights throughout.
Origin: Written in English in beginning of 14th century.
Notes in various later hands on leaf 1.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.256.
Title devised by cataloger.
Table of contents at beginning.
Collation: Leaves i + 213 (leaves numbered 2-212; unnumbered leaf between leaves 124 and 125); 1^12, 2^16, 3^16(-3), 4^16, 5^16(-1), 6-10^16, 10^16, 11^16(+1), 12^6, 13^10(-1), 14^16, 15^14(-1); stubs between leaves 39 and 40, 71 and 72, 212 and 213; leaves 176 and 184 cut affecting text; horizontal catchwords at end of each quire; very few annotations and one manicule (leaf 196v).
Layout: Written in 18-21 long lines (dimensions of written space: 90 x 58 mm); below line; frame-ruled; prickings in outer margin; headings on top of each page; pen flourishes of letters on last line of page.
Script: Written in Anglicana script.
Decoration: Simple blue, red and gold borders on leave 2-12v.
Decoration: Gold initials with red and blue ink flourishes on leaves 14r, 31v, 54r, 59r, 86v, 144r, 152r, 161v, 166v, 185r, and 186v.
Decoration: Pen flourished initials in red and blue ink throughout.
Decoration: Red and blue initials and highlights throughout.
Origin: Written in English in beginning of 14th century.
Notes in various later hands on leaf 1.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.256.
Binding information
Bound in original limp vellum covers; spine has been removed and quires resewn.
Provenance
Note on leaf 1v: Gift of John Gomme of Charley [?], December 3, 1821.
Source of acquisition
Acquired by Henry Clay Folger from E. Williams of Hove, May 1922.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2014. Symbols of Honor. Opening: fol. 46v-47r.
Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2015. The Age of Lawyers. Opening: 25v.
Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2015. The Age of Lawyers. Opening: 25v.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1073.1
Baker, John. English legal manuscripts, 33
Baker, John. English legal manuscripts, 33
Includes
Magna Carta. Anglo-Norman. 1225.
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.256
Folger accession
cs1073