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MS. Rawl. statutes 39

Summary Catalogue no.: 15893

Contents

Statutes of the Order of the Garter as decreed in 1522
Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1183:

Good coats of arms.

Good initials.

Binding

Leather with stamped panels, English 16th cent. work.

History

Origin: c. 1530–1540 ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 528
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 529

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.