The master of game

Description

Title: The master of game
Creator: Edward, of Norwich, 1373?-1415
Published / Created: [ca. 1400-1425]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of chapters 5-20 of the treatise on hunting by Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York
Description: In Middle English.
Notes on the contents and provenance of the manuscript on front pastedown and flyleaf in a modern hand.
Layout: single columns of 26 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: some initials in blue ink with red penwork.
Binding: modern full polished calf; red morocco case.
Provenance: Ex libris Sir John Cope. Ex libris C. F. G. R. Schwerdt. Ex libris Boies Penrose. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 39 leaves : 220 x 145 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Edward, of Norwich, 1373?-1415.
Subject (Topic): English literature
English prose literature
Hunting
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Edward, of Norwich, 1373?-1415
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Hunting > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Cope, John, Sir, -1760 > Bookplate
Penrose, Boies, 1902-1976 > Bookplate
Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862-1939 > Bookplate
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Edward of Norwich, The Master of Game (Takamiya MS 19). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.