Tyrwhitt, Thomas, 1730-1786. Letter, 1785 April 7 Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910, annotator Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612, former owner Askew, Anthony, 1722-1774, former owner Mason, George, 1735-1806, former owner Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
Ms. codex. Title from printed catalog. Secundo folio: [fol. 3]: O womman þat Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 47 (paginated, s. XVIII, on rectos only through p. 31 (fol. 16) with fol. 1 and 2 in their present position) + i (lacks 1; 7 and 8 have been moved , now forming fol. 1 and 3) ; 2-5⁸ 6¹⁰(-9, 10) ; catchwords towards the center of the lower margin; leaf signatures in roman numerals in upper right corner (e.g. fol. 9-11). Layout: Writen in 20-25 lines of verse frame ruled in led with no base line. Script: Written in an anglicana script by Thomas Hoccleve. Certain headings added later (fol. 1, 37v, the last 4 words of the heading on fol. 38v, the name "Carpenter" on fol. 410); some later marginalia (fol. 1v, 24-v, 10v). Decoration: 2-line initials in blue with red pen flourishing. Binding: 17th-century. Brown calf with the arms of Henry, Prince of Wales. Evidence of blue or green cloth fore edge ties; rebacked; stabbing from a previous binding in the gutters. Origin: Written in England by the author (d. March/April 1426) Former shelfmark: Sir Thomas Philipps, B.36.550 (his MS 8151) Shelfmark: San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library, mssHM 111. 19 poems. In Middle English with rubrics in Middle French. Thomas Hoccleve or Occleve was an English poet and clerk. HM 111. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
49 leaves : parchment ; 210 x 155 (155-170 x 90) mm
English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500 Manuscripts England 15th century. (aat) Armorial bindings (Provenance) (rbprov)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Binding shows the book to have been in the library of Prince Henry (1594-1612); see S. Jayne an F.R. Johnson, The Lumley Library: the Catalogue of 1609 (London 1956), this manuscript recorded on p. 303. Already alienated by 1661 when the printed books and manuscripts of the Royal Library were catalogued by Thomas Ross (Henry E. Huntington Libary, MS HM 180). Belonged to Anthony Askew (1722-72); his sale, Sotheby's, 7 March 1785, lot 327 to George Mason (1735-1806). While in Mason's possession, Thomas Tyrwhitt made some notes of the disorder of the first leaves in a letter dated 4 April 1785, now affixed to the first pastedown. Mason added to these notes, and eventually published 6 of the poems (arts. 3, 9, 13, 16-18) in his Poems by Thomas Hoccleve (London 1796); his sale, Sotheby's, 25 April 1799, pt. IV, lot 279. Acquired by Richard Heber (1773-1833) with his purchase note in a small, careful script in the upper right corner of the front pastedown; his sale, Evans, 10 February 1836, pt. XI, lot 583 (round label with that number on the spine) to Payne. Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps; his MS 8151 and shelf mark (B.36.550) on fol. i. Notes by Furnivall dated 22 September 1882 added to Tyrwhitt's comments.
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