MS. Holkham misc. 44

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

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

Origin: French ; 13th century

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

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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