MS. Holkham misc. 7
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
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Physical Description
Secundo Folio: certissima fidelium
Form: codex
Support: Paper. Watermarks: coat of arms showing a fleur-de-lis, cf. Briquet, 1820; (fol. 50) small coat of arms surmounted by a crown (not identified).
ii (modern paper) + 134 + ii (modern paper) leaves.
Dimensions (leaf): 275 × 200 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 210 × 130 mm.
Foliation: Foliated in modern pencil: i-ii, 1–136.
Collation
1(12)-11(12)catchwords
Layout
Ruled in red. 33 lines per page written below the top ruled line.
Hand(s)
Written in a fere humanistica hand
Decoration
Good initials, that on fol. 1 a later replacement. (Pächt and Alexander i. 399)
Binding
Polished brown leather, the upper cover stamped in gilt with the Coke crest; the spine lettered in gilt from bottom to top 'VEN. BEDÆ HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA ANGLICANA'.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bookplate of Thomas William Coke; Holkham Hall library.
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff, revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2025-04-22: Sebastian Dows-Miller. Regularised handNote script.