MS. Holkham misc. 44
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
, Miroir
The text breaks off in the homily for Ascension day. This manuscript is not mentioned in the partial edition of M. Y. H. Aitken, Etude sur le Miroir ... de Robert de Gretham (Paris, 1922).
Language(s): Anglo-Norman
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: E cest adres
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii (paper) + 61 + iii (paper).
Dimensions (leaf): 305 × 190 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 215–20 × 135–40 mm.
Foliation: Modern pencil: i-iii, 1–64.
Collation
1(8)-7(8), 8(8) (wants 6–8), catchwords
Layout
40 written lines per page; in 2 columns.
Hand(s)
Gothic
Decoration
Blue and red initials with penwork.
Spaces left for rubrics are not filled after fol. 37v.
Binding
Holkham binding with blind and gilt tooling; the spine lettered 'VIE DE | JESUS CHRIST | EN VERS. || MS.'
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bookplate of 'THOMAS WILLIAM COKE', and signed by him on fol. 1r, formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 663.
Record Sources
Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.