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Manuscrit
Contenu
- I. (f. 1-142)
- (f. 1r-136v) Sermones de tempore ou Sermones Mawdeley, par John Felton
- (f. 136v-142r) [Table des matières des sermons]
- II. (f. 143-209)
- (f. 143r-207v) Convertimini, par Robert Holkot
- (f. 207v-209v) [Table des chapitres du traité précédent]
- III. (f. 210-270)
- (f. 210r-270v) Antidotarium
- IV. (f. 271-311) Recueil de poèmes en moyen anglais
- (f. 271)
- (f. 306r-310r) The turnament of Tottenham
A late ownership inscription 'Iste liber constat Johannes app.....' on f. 311v. Another late 15th cent. inscription, 'Wylyam Northe of Yorke' on f. 280v. Owned by John Batteley (1647-1708), clergyman and antiquary. Bought with other MSS. from his collection on 5 Nov. 1723 from his nephew John by Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, the date of the purchase marked on f. 1 by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley (1672-1726): see C. E. Wright and R. C. Wright, Diary of Humfrey Wanley (London, 1966), ii, p. 263 n. 1; C. E. Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), pp. 66-67, 259, 456. Bequeathed with Edward's library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (1694-1755), during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland. Sold with the other Harley manuscripts by the countess and the duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum. The Harleian manuscripts became part of the collections of the British Library on its establishment in 1973. Harley shelfmarks '143.C.26 / 5396' in black ink and '18/I A' in pencil on f. i.
Description matérielle
Copiste: | Inconnu |
Lieu: | |
Date: | I-II. Milieu du XVe siècle; III. Début du XIIIe siècle |
Nombre de feuillets: | 86 |
Foliotation: | 1-86 |
Format: | 246 × 174 mm |
Justification: | 170 × 122 mm |
Support: | Parchemin |
Mise en page: | 2 colonnes de 28 lignes |
Décoration: | Miniatures; initiales champiées |
Reliure: | |
Notes: | Plusieurs feuillets manquent |
Possesseurs
- Peut-être William Northe, de York (fin du XVe siècle)
- John Batteley, Master of the Court of Augmentations
- Acheté par Edward Harley (1689-1741)
- John Batteley, Archdeacon of Canterbury (fin du XVIIIe s.)
- Robert Harley (1661-1724) puis son fils
- Acheté par l'État britannique en 1753 avec le reste de la collection Harley
Bibliographie
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum, London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1808-1812, 4 t. (ici t. 3, p. 264-265, no 5396) [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4]
- Boffey, J., et A. S. G. Edwards, A New Index of Middle English Verse, London, 2005, p. 305.
- Catalogue en ligne de la bibliothèque
Rédaction: Laurent Brun
Dernière mise à jour: 23 mars 2020
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