MS. Holkham misc. 30

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

Legal collection

Collection of English common law.

Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i (modern paper) + 134 + i (modern paper).

Dimensions (leaf): 225–30 × 160 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 175–85 × 110–20 mm.

Foliation: Modern pencil: i, 1–135, in the usual place, and the parchment leaves also previously foliated in modern pencil in the lower gutter corner; an early foliation in ink apparently only extended from 'fo. 1' to 'fo. 5'.

Layout

Variable, usually 40–50 written lines per page; in 1 column

Hand(s)

Written by a variety of cursive hands.

Decoration

Occasional pointing hands in the margins to indicate notable passages of text.

Binding

Modern three-quarter red leather and red cloth over pasteboards; the spine lettered in gilt 'NATURA | BREVUM | ETC.'

History

Origin: English ; 14th century, first half

Provenance and Acquisition

'Edmond [goxd??], 14th century (fol. 1r).

'[Sir] Edw:[ard] [C]oke' (fol. 1r); the upper pastedown inscribed 'Codex DCCLII' (the LII atered in pencil to LIV), 'M.S.L. Cupboard D' (crossed through, and altered to) Case C.iii.b15', formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 754.

Record Sources

Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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