Heraldic manuscript of the English kings and peers

Description

Title: Heraldic manuscript of the English kings and peers
Published / Created: [circa 1620]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a genealogy of the rulers of England from Brutus and Julius Caesar to James I, containing short biographies of each individual and illustrated with their emblazoned coats of arms
Description: In English.
Spine title: Arms of the Nobility of England. MS. 1042-1619.
Script: English secretary hand.
Decoration: more than 600 emblazoned coats of arms, in full color.
Binding: nineteenth-century full polished calf, by Clarke & Bedford.
Provenance: Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 volume (236 pages) : 280 mm x 183 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Coats of arms Great Britain 17th century
Genealogies (histories) England 15th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance England 17th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance Great Britain 17th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Great Britain
Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Heraldry
Kings and rulers
Biography
Genealogy
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Nobility
Subjects: Heraldry > Great Britain
Heraldry > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Kings and rulers > Biography
Kings and rulers > Biography > Early works to 1800
Kings and rulers > Genealogy
Kings and rulers > Genealogy > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance > Connecticut > New Haven
Nobility > Great Britain
Nobility > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Early works to 1800
Great Britain > 17th century
England > 15th century
England > 17th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Heraldic Manuscript of the English Kings and Peers. Takamiya MS 13.