MS. Laud Misc. 658
Summary Catalogue no.: 1176
Contents
The Three Kings of Cologne. (English tr. of John of Hildesheim, Historia trium regum)
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander iii. 936, pl. LXXXIX:
Good miniature (defaced).
Good border.
Good initial.
Binding
17th-century blind-stamped binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Andrew Cook, vicar of Mundon, Essex, from 1604 until his death in 1633: Ogilvie-Thomson, S. J., Index of Middle English prose, 18 vols (Cambridge, 1984– ), Handlist XVI, pp. 14–15).
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).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-08: Add binding information from Quarto Catalogue.