University College MS. 177 A-B

Higden, Ranulf, -1364, Polychronicon (with prologue)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: vellum

Decoration

Puzzle initials with grotesques in the margins. "Fine penwork borders, initials." (Alexander and Temple)

Binding

Contemporary white leather chemise over straight-edge wooden boards. Bookmarker in Vol. I

History

Origin: 14th century, end ; England.

Provenance and Acquisition

"olim Thomæ Sparchi ex dono Matthæi Piggotti." (Coxe) "Evidence for Barnwell priory, Cambridgeshire, from obits in the margin." (Alexander and Temple)

Record Sources

Summary description based on the following sources.

H. O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie adservantur (1852), p. 48

J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 342 [information on decoration and origin]

Availability

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-01-13: Record created.

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