Record ID:
197671
Accession number:
MA 2149
Date:
1607.
Credit:
Gift of the Fellows, 1961.
Description:
1 item (33 p.) : ill. ; 10.1 x 14.3 cm
Notes:
Calligraphic manuscript on paper.
Text written on 33 leaves in various types of roman and italic scripts, with decorative borders, flowers and birds in gold and colors.
Housed in:
Brown and green quarter leather drop-spine box (11.2 x 15.4 cm)
Binding:
Contemporary London binding of brown calf with gilt, both covers decorated with an overall pattern of alternating pinks and roses within laurel wreaths. With remnants of green silk ribbon.
Provenance:
Executed in 1606 for Master Thomas Pu[c]kering who, between 1605-10, was a companion of Henry, Prince of Wales, and presented to him on New Year's Day 1607. Formerly owned by members of the Sowdon family with a note by H.W. Sowdon on the fly-leaf.
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