- Creator:
- Mandeville, John, Sir.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400-1425]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 64
- Image Count:
- 256
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English copy of the "Defective Version" of the Book of Sir John Mandeville.
- Alternative Title:
- Itinerarium. English
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary light brown doeskin over wooden boards., Decoration: decorated border on opening leaf of text incorporating coat of arms of the Norton family of Yorkshire; a few initials in blue ink with red penwork., Four leaves preceding the Mandeville text contain numerous pen trials, a Latin prayer, medical advice organized by month, and a list of the archbishops of York. Two leaves following the text contain pen trials and Latin notes on the life of St. Wilfrid?., Layout: single columns of 20-23 lines., Previously owned by the Norton family of Yorkshire; Brockman family. Ex libris J. P. R. Lyell; H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: English bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L.--(Harry Lawrence)--Bookplate., Lyell, James P. R.--(James Patrick Ronaldson),--1871---Bookplate., and Mandeville, John,--Sir.
- Subject (Topic):
- English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir John Mandeville's travels.
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