MS. Duke Humfrey d. 1
Summary Catalogue no.: 2934
Contents
Physical Description
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 697)
Binding
Seventeenth-century Oxford binding of reddish brown leather, with the arms of the University and its motto 'Sapientia. fælicitas' in gilt.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
2 o folio: 'non me'. Given to Oxford by Duke Humphrey in 1443/4, no. 75. Vickers, p. 426. (MLGB3)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, University: (MLGB3: inferred evidence).
'Anno Domini MDCXX° 8bris 30. Robertus Master LL: Doctor Cancellarius Episcopi Coven: et Lichfeild Oxoniensi Bibliothecæ Dono dedit & restituit hunc librum, olim ad Humphredum Ducem Glocestriæ pertinentem, vt videre est propria ipsius manu scriptum in vltima pagina huius Libri'.
Record Sources
Availability
To ensure its preservation, access to this item is restricted, and readers are asked to work from reproductions and published descriptions as far as possible. If you wish to apply to see the original, please click the request button above. When your request is received, you will be asked to contact the relevant curator outlining the subject of your research, the importance of this item to that research, and the resources you have already consulted.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (7 images from 35mm slides)
Microfilm
Microfilm available in the open shelf collections in the Weston Library (R. Films 101)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.