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MS. Holkham misc. 37

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

Contents

Guido de Colonna, De bello Troiano,

starting imperfect in the prologue, due to the loss of the first leaf.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: et particulariter(fol. 1)
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii (paper) + 198 + iii (paper).
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 145 × 90 mm.
Foliation: Modern pencil: i-iii, 1–201.

Collation

1(8)(wants 1), 2(8)-24(8), 25(8) (8 canc.), catchwords quires 1–24 signed a-z in ref on the first leaf

Layout

26 written lines per page; in 1 column. Frame ruling.

Decoration

Blue initials with red flourishes.

Binding

Typical Holkham binding of polished and diced brown leather; the spine lettered in gilt 'GUIDO DE | COLUMNIS | DE BELLO | TROIANO. || MS. | MEMB. | SÆC. XIV.'

History

Origin: English ; 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

The abbey of Bury St. Edmunds: 'Eadmundo sancto pertinet iste liber et Dompno Iohanni W⟨ ulf(?) ⟩spett' (fol. 196v, cf. 198r), and 'Liber dompni Iohannis Bardwell monachi sancti Edmundi' (fol. 197v), both 15th century.

Bookplate of 'THOMAS WILLIAM COKE'; inscribed with notes by his friend 'W.[illiam] R.[oscoe]' (fol. ii recto-verso); seen and described by M. R. James by 1921; formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 469.

Record Sources

Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-04-23: Sebastian Dows-Miller. Removed empty handDesc.