MS. Savile 36

Summary Catalogue no.: 6582

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 1ra–12ra)

Index to the following item, Abdias to Zelotipia. Part of Ca- out of sequence on fol. 12ra.

Fol. 12v blank.

(fols. 13r–144v)

Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon

Begins in I.5, ends imperfect in V.32 (Rolls Series, VI.330).

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: ii + 144 + ii leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 195 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 210 × 130 mm.

Foliation: Contemporary foliation in arabic numbers, 1–144.

Foliation: Modern foliation i-ii, 1–146

Layout

Fols. 1r-12r: 2 cols., c. 50 lines.

Fols. 13r-144v: 1 col., 44 lines

Decoration

Coloured red initials.

Binding

Brown leather on boards (rebacked), blind-tooled (roll) and stamped, 16th-cent. English work

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Sir Henry Savile (d. 1622)

Given by him to the Library in 1620.

Record Sources

Adapted from the Summary Catalogue (1937), with limited additional description (content, dimensions, layout, foliation, decoration) by Matthew Holford (June 2019).

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1110

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-06-21: Description revised with ref to SC and limited examination of MS.

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