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MS. Laud Misc. 557

Summary Catalogue no.: 1124

Contents

John Lydgate, The Siege of Thebes
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1154:

Borders (titles and catchwords).

Binding

Early 16th-century binding.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; English

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 400
Quarto Catalogue, p. 570
Quarto Catalogue, p. 571
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 48

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-08: Add binding information from Quarto Catalogue.