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1. Polychronicon
- Creator:
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475-1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 114
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 755
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of portions of the text of Higden's Polychronicon. mostly related to the history of England from BRutus to Richard II. Preceded by a table of contents
- Description:
- In Latin., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Watermark: Briquet 11159?, Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., Script: English cursive bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., and Binding: late seventeenth-century full calf; blind-ruled, with crown stamp in the corners. The binder has been identified as a London binder who also worked for Samuel Pepys. Metal chain attached from the upper cover, fourteen links, a ring on either end, and a middle swivel.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, World history, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Polychronicon
