MS. Eng. poet. d. 45

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Text related to MSS. Cambridge University Ee.4.37 and Magdalene College, Pepys 2030: see Charlotte D'Evelyn, Peter Idley's Instructions, Modern Language Society of America Monograph Series VI, 1935, pp.60 foll. Sections of the text remaining are as follows (references to C. D'Evelyn's edition): fols.1–6, II A, 1952–2273; fols.7–17v, II B, 113–708; fols.18–20v, II B, 820–987; fols.21–37v, II B, 1415–2345.

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: 37 leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 165 mm.

Dimensions (written): 160 × 90 mm.

Collation

1–5 gone, 6(8)(1 and 2 missing), 7–8 gone, 9(8), 10(8)(4 and 5 missing), 11 gone, 12(12)(1 and 2 canc.), 13(8)(8 missing), 14–15 gone

Layout

usually 4 stanzas of 7 lines to a page

Hand(s)

two hands writing concurrently

Binding

Original parchment cover

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Inscr. John Clifford , Mary Clifford , Hanna Clifford , Richard [...] , Giles Kendall , 16th cent.

Clifford family of Frampton Court, Glos.

Bought, 1940 (Maggs Cat. 687, no. 176)

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff, revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s.

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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