Indenture, on parchment, containing an agreement by Sir John Fastolf to purchase lands in Norwich from Richard Sellyng, who owned them through the inheritance of his wife Alice Heilsdon
Description:
In Middle English., Indented at head of document with chirographic letters., Signed: document signed by the scribe, "Burdon.", Endorsed on the verso in the hand and with the ownership mark of Sir Edward Dering., and Layout: single column of 13 lines.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Fastolf, John, 1378?-1459. and Sellyng, Richard, -1467.
Manuscript volume, on paper, containing two secular vernacular romances attributed in the dedication to a single unidentified author. The first, I Nobili Fatti di Alessandro Magno, is an Italian translation of the Latin version of the life of Alexander the Great by Pseudo-Callisthenes. The second text is The Romance of Troas. Troas, a descendant of Hector, is the king of Thessaly; his son Troiano journeys to Britain and joins the army of King Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon, who is leading an army of Britons, Trojans and Romans against the Greeks
Description:
In Italian., Ownership inscription and drawing of arms of "Alessandro dale Carte" on rear flyleaf., Bookplate of Sir Thomas Phillipps on front pastedown; Phillipps MS number inscribed on recto of f1., Layout: single columns of variable length., Script: Italian cursive bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated (ff. 1-91 only)., and Binding: nineteenth-century half-calf, rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
Subject (Name):
Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. and Pseudo-Callisthenes.
Subject (Topic):
Arthurian romances, Italian prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Uther Pendragon (Legendary character)
