Ordinary of arms : Thomas Jenyns book

Description

Title: Ordinary of arms : Thomas Jenyns book
Published / Created: [between 1500 and 1525]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript copy, on parchment, in several scribal hands, of this English ordinary of arms, containing approximately 1600 coats of arms in full color, with descriptive annotations. The manuscript also contains approximately 300 shields outlined but left blank. This manuscript is the oldest recorded copy of the Queen Margaret version of this text
Description: In French.
Autograph and notes by Sir Syndey Cockerell on front flyleaf; autograph of Brian S. Cron on front flyleaf.
Layout: coats of arms arranged in three rows of four on each page, with descriptive notes above each.
Script: cursive bookhand.
Decoration: coats of arms in full color; some initials in red or blue.
Binding: contemporary binding of reversed white leather over wooden boards.
Provenance: Ex libris Sir Sydney Cockerell. Ex libris Brian S. Cron. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 volume (106 leaves) : 336 mm x 255 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Dictionaries
Early works to 1800
Coats of arms England 16th century.aat
Manuscripts, Medieval England 16th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance England 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): England.
England
Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Heraldry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Subjects: Heraldry > Dictionaries
Heraldry > England
Heraldry > England > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Manuscripts, Renaissance > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 16th century.aat
England > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 > Autograph
Cron, B. S. > Autograph
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Ordinary of Arms: Thomas Jenyns Book (Takamiya MS 105). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.