Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmour (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1496).
Alternative Title:
De studio militari
Description:
Binding: modern parchment over boards, rebacked., Bookseller's printed description pasted in on front pastedown., De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English., Decoration: Headings and initial letters in red and blue; decorated throughout with more than 270 emblazoned coats of arms in colors., Ex libris Lord William Howard; from the collections of H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence and Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Ownership inscription at top of first page: "William Howard 1591.", and Script: each work in a different professional book hand.
Subject (Name):
Howard, William,--Lord,--1563-1640--Autograph. and Upton, Nicholas,--1400?-1457.
Subject (Topic):
Chivalry--Great Britain., Chivalry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Heraldry--Great Britain., Heraldry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Nobility--Great Britain., and Nobility--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.