Record ID:
77165
Accession number:
MS B.39
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Created:
England, ca. 1400.
Binding:
Modern vellum.
Credit:
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler; 1985.
Description:
165 leaves (1 column, 25-27 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 94 x 63 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by Curt F. Bühler Nov. 1961 from Bernard Quaritch, London (Cat. 820, no. 19).
Notes:
Ms. collection of statutes and charters of liberties; written and illuminated in England, ca. 1400.
Decoration: 1 illuminated initial with border extender, numerous filigree initials.
Texts: Magna Carta, Carta de Foresta, Statuta de Merton, Westmonasterium, De Mercatoribus, Prerogativa, Regis, etc.--Cf. PML files.
The corners of the first two leaves and the last 15 leaves are worn away--Cf. PML files.
Script:
Gothic cursive
Language:
Latin and French
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