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MS. Bodl. 283

Summary Catalogue no.: 2338

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Mirroure of the Worlde (ed. from this the unique MS. by R. Raymo and E. Whitaker, The Mirroure of the Worlde (Medieval Academy/University of Toronto Press, 2003)
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper

Decoration

Written in England. Three artists including the Caxton Master. (Pächt and Alexanderi. 222, pl. XVI, iii. 1082, pl. CI)

Fine borders (English).

Fine initials (English).

Fine pen drawings (Flemish).

Binding

Red leather on boards, with remains of clasps, 15th cent. English work, much worn.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; English (script, decoration) ; Netherlandish (decoration)

Provenance and Acquisition

'This boke oweth Thomas Kippyng of London draper', about A.D. 1500: see also fol. 83).

Presented by Robert Barker, the King's printer, in 1604.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 316
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 317

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (34 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.

Data

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