MS. Holkham misc. 23

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

(fols. 1r–75v)

Decrees and Acts of the Council of Basel (1431),

sessions I-XXIV (1431–1437) (pr. Mansi, XXIX, cols. 1–133); omitting the following sections of the pr. text: sessio I, 10, sessio IV, 1, 2, 7; sessio XIII, 1; sessio XXI, 5.

Incipit: In nomine sancte et indiuidue Trinitatis feliciter amen. Censetur vtique dignum et congruum prout id

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper; watermarks hand, cf. Briquet no. 10662, steer's head, cf. Briquet, no. 14313.

Extent: iii (modern paper) + 77 + iii (modern paper) leaves.

Dimensions (leaf): 290 × 210 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 210–5 × 130 mm.

Foliation: Foliated in modern pencil: i-iii, 1–80.

Collation

Too tightly bound for collation.

Secundo Folio: non ficta

Layout

35–40 lines, written within frame-ruling; in 1 column

Hand(s)

semi-cursive

Decoration

Plain black penwork initial, fol. 1r.

Binding

Typical Holkham binding, 19th century; the spine lettered in gilt 'S.S.R. | ECCLESIA[] | DECRETA | &c. || MS. | 1420 &c.'

History

Origin: German ; 15th century, after 1431

Provenance and Acquisition

Signed 'T. Coke' in the lower fore-edge corner of fol. 1r.

Bookplate of 'THOMAS WILLIAM COKE'; formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 174.

Record Sources

Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s; with minor revisions by Andrew Dunning (October 2023).

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-10-05: Andrew Dunning Revised with consultation of original.

Data

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