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MS. Laud Misc. 609

Summary Catalogue no.: 754

Contents

John Gower, Confessio amantis (first version, unrevised)
Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine miniatures (badly rubbed), borders, initials. School of Herman Scherre. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 814, pl. LXXIX)

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; 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, cols. 431–2
Quarto Catalogue, p. 574
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 33

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (6 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.