XI (art. 4), Harley 3199, Lansdowne 214 (imperfect), and Egerton 940.The manuscript seems to have been made for an unidentified English Knight of the Garter based in Rouen whose name once appeared in an inscription (now erased) at the end
XI (art. 4), Harley 3199, Lansdowne 214 (imperfect), and Egerton 940.The manuscript seems to have been made for an unidentified English Knight of the Garter based in Rouen whose name once appeared in an inscription (now erased) at the end
XI (art. 4), Harley 3199, Lansdowne 214 (imperfect), and Egerton 940.The manuscript seems to have been made for an unidentified English Knight of the Garter based in Rouen whose name once appeared in an inscription (now erased) at the end
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).
d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after
d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after
initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red. Legendae sanctorum Inscription in English (f. 166v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and
as '168', omitted by the modern pencil foliation that corrects the old one from f. 168 onwards. Loss of 16 leaves (i.e. one gathering) after f. 247, corresponding to old foliation '250-265', with consequent loss of the rarely attested 'Pastoralia'
brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The