Yale Med copy imperfect: leaves 99-100 (both blank), 169-188, 204, 231-236 (final two blank) wanting. and Yale Med copy has a later Italian binding. Described by Scott Husby, 2010.
Signatures: a8-i8, k8, l7 (one preliminary and two final leaves are genuine blanks). and With manuscript notes on leaves 88-89, some color lettering, and hand numbered pages 1-172.
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.
Alternative Title:
Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane and Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti
Description:
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., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., Ex libris Alan G. Thomas. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., MS is third of three works bound together. Paginated 1-195., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Script: English cursive bookhand., and Watermark: Briquet 11159?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Higden, Ranulf,---1364., Martinus, Polonus, d. 1279, and Thomas, Alan G.--Bookplate.