A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. e Mus. 42

Summary Catalogue no.: 3646

Contents

Genealogy of the Kings of England to 1461
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 32 + i double leaves (roll bound up into codex form)
Dimensions (leaf): c. 340 × 215 mm.

Layout

2 and 3 horizontal columns of variable width.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1070, pl. XCIX

Good miniature.

Good diagrams.

Good initials.

Binding

Blind-tooled brown leather, 17th-cent. English work.

History

Origin: c. 1467–1469 ; English Includes only two of Edward IV's children.

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 654

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.