Sir John Mandeville's travels

Description

Title: Sir John Mandeville's travels
Alternative Title: Itinerarium. English
Creator: Mandeville, John, Sir
Published / Created: [ca. 1400-1425]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English copy of the "Defective Version" of the Book of Sir John Mandeville
Description: In Middle English.
Four leaves preceding the Mandeville text contain numerous pen trials, a Latin prayer, medical advice organized by month, and a list of the archbishops of York. Two leaves following the text contain pen trials and Latin notes on the life of St. Wilfrid?.
Layout: single columns of 20-23 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: decorated border on opening leaf of text incorporating coat of arms of the Norton family of Yorkshire; a few initials in blue ink with red penwork.
Binding: contemporary light brown doeskin over wooden boards.
Provenance: Formerly owned by the Norton family of Yorkshire. Formerly owned by the Brockman family. Ex libris J. P. R. Lyell. Ex libris H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 116 leaves : 170 mm x 125 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): Mandeville, John, Sir.
Subject (Topic): English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Voyages and travels
Subjects: Mandeville, John, Sir
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Voyages and travels > Early works to 1800
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L. (Harry Lawrence) > Bookplate
Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871- > Bookplate
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Brockman family > Ownership
Norton family > Ownership

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Citation: Sir John Mandeville, Sir John Mandeville's Travels (Takamiya MS 64). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.