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  • Statutes of the Order of the Garter

    Alternative Title
    Statutes of the Order of the Garter, in Thirteen Chapters
    Subject
    Charters, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Order of the Garter
    Creator
    Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1500s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Brown.Eng.1
    Extent
    32 pages; vellum; plus frontspiece; 23 x 17 x 205 cm (pages 220 x 158 mm) 272 leave s, quarto [180x133mm], bound in later r ed morocco gilt.
    Geographic Coverage
    England
    Coordinates
    52.16045,-0.70312
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    26 lines to a page, ruled in red, written in dark brown ink in a calligraphic secretary hand with some flourishes, forty-seven illuminated initials (one 4-line, three 3-line, the rest 2-line) in gold, red and blue with white tracery, illuminated frontispiece with the...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Donated by Bruce and Dorothy Brown.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    illuminated manuscripts
    Archival Item Identifier
    1989-069-8
    Fonds Title
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC017
    Is Referenced By
    Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdfSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2019-10-23/2019-10-24
    Transcript
    Transcription and description by Sydney Terepocki and Luke Oldfield, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015, is available here : https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ms-brown-eng-1.pdf
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/20;303 (some at 283);copy 4 stops; camera height 500) Item scanned in acrylic cradle and mylar used to hold pages down during scans. Work completed 23-24 Oct 2019 - PD. Metadata by KD.