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MS. Laud Misc. 596

Summary Catalogue no.: 1488

Contents

Formulary of writs addressed to escheators.

Writ dated 14th Dec. 1420, fol. 29.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork initials.

Good contemporary initial (drawing) added at end, fol. 30v.

Binding

Limp vellum binding.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half (after 1420) ; 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).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 425
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 63

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-08: Add binding information from Quarto Catalogue.