De officio militari : and other works

Description

Title: De officio militari : and other works
Alternative Title: De studio militari
Creator: Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457
Published / Created: [ca. 1500]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmour (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1496).
Description: De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English.
Ownership inscription at top of first page: "William Howard 1591."
Bookseller's printed description pasted in on front pastedown.
Script: each work in a different professional book hand.
Decoration: Headings and initial letters in red and blue; decorated throughout with more than 270 emblazoned coats of arms in colors.
Binding: modern parchment over boards, rebacked.
Provenance: Ex libris Lord William Howard. Formerly owned by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence. Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: approximately 225 pages : 350 mm x 245 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Coats of arms Great Britain 16th century
Manuscripts, Medieval England 16th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance England 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Great Britain
Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457.
Subject (Topic): Chivalry
Heraldry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Nobility
Subjects: Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457
Chivalry > Great Britain
Chivalry > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Heraldry > Great Britain
Heraldry > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Manuscripts, Renaissance > Connecticut > New Haven
Nobility > Great Britain
Nobility > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Great Britain > 16th century
England > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L. (Harry Lawrence) > Ownership
Howard, William, Lord, 1563-1640 > Autograph
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: NIcholas Upton, De officio militari (Takamiya MS 86). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.