MS. e Mus. 23
Summary Catalogue no.: 3493
Contents
Aventure and Grace
English translation of Laurent d'Orléans, La somme le roi, made by a Knight of Henry VI (Robert Shottesbroke (?)) 1451
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Good miniature, fine border, initials. Written by Carpenter, p. 161. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1051, pl. XCVII)
Binding
Stamped brown leather, clasps lost, contemporary English work.
History
Record Sources
Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 653
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.