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1. Polychronicon
- Creator:
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475-1500]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 114
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 755
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of portions of the text of Higden's Polychronicon. mostly related to the history of England from BRutus to Richard II. Preceded by a table of contents
- Description:
- In Latin., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Watermark: Briquet 11159?, Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., Script: English cursive bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., and Binding: late seventeenth-century full calf; blind-ruled, with crown stamp in the corners. The binder has been identified as a London binder who also worked for Samuel Pepys. Metal chain attached from the upper cover, fourteen links, a ring on either end, and a middle swivel.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, World history, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Polychronicon
2. Polychronicon
- Creator:
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1325-1350]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 43
- Image Count:
- 426
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on vellum, of the text of the "short version" of the Polychronicon (final entry is for 1327).
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: double columns of between 44 and 51 lines., Script: cursive book hand., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 404 marginal drawings in pen and ink, many with yellow wash: mostly portrait roundels, but also including two diagrams of Noah's Ark; views of London, Canterbury, Rome and other places; an image of the Annunciation; and a small T-map. Margins ruled to accomodate the roundels. One illuminated initial and others covered in matte gold., Binding: contemporary calf over wooden boards, rebacked. Upper cover plain; lower cover contains central panel with the letters POLICRONICON created by stamping background with seven-pointed star stamp. Background pattern of diagonal fillets with five-petalled flower in circle stamped at each intersection. Remains of leather clasps and one brass catch. Sewn on six raised bands., and Byname: Takamiya Polychronicon.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Higden, Ranulf, -1364.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, World history, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Polychronicon
