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MS. Hatton 14

Summary Catalogue no.: 4105

Contents

Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon,

with 'C' continuation (after 1379)

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 194 leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 12 .875 × 8.25 in.

Decoration

Good penwork borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 712)

Binding

Red leather on boards, in a white sheep-skin cover of which the flaps have been cut off, 15th-cent. title 'Polycronicon' on cover, with two clasps (one lost) and leather book-marker, contemporary English work.

History

Origin: 14th century, end ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Sheen, Surrey, Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem: 'Istum librum Iohannes Yorke generosus accomodavit domno Willelmo Mede huius domus monacho pro tempore vite sue postmodum vero Willelmus eiusdem filius dedit eidem domui in eternum'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Medieval binding. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 842

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.