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- Alternative Title
- MS Leaf on Vellum from a Qur'an, North Africa
- Subject
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Qurʼan
- Language
- ara
- Date created
- 900s
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Shelf Mark: MS Victoria 1992-037-1
- Extent
- 1 leaf ; 22.5 x 16.5 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- North Africa
- Coordinates
- 32.95337, 9.97559
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Written In Dark Brown Kufic Script, Vowels In Red Dots. Text: Surah 54, vv. 17-32 [from Maggs Bros. export license] Mounted between two pieces of cardboard, using paper hinges. Clear plastic in cut-out of top piece of cardboard allows viewing. Leaf has several holes plus...
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
- Provenance
- Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection, officially transferred to the University of Victoria on June 27th, 1996. Earlier provenance: Acquired through Maggs Bros. Rare Books, London, April 1992, who gave as the ultimate origin of the fragment ‘North Africa’.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- manuscripts (documents) and fragments (object portions)
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 1992-037, Item: 1
- Fonds Title
- Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
- Fonds Identifier
- SC017
- Is Referenced By
- Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-victoria-1992-037-1.phpFragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-35elArchival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/bruce-and-dorothy-brown-collection
- Date Digitized
- 2012-02-23
- Transcript
- Description and Transcription by Sohrab Mosahebi as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin, June 2022 available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/assets/docs/mosahebi_quran_and_shahnameh.pdf
- Technical Note
- Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Hubert de Burgh, Charter
- Subject
- Land tenure, Manuscripts, Medieval, Abbeys, Church lands, John, King of England, 1167-1216, and Land grants
- Creator
- Burgh, Hubert de, -1243
- Language
- lat
- Date created
- approximately 1201
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Still Image
- Identifier
- Shelf Mark: Doc.Brown.1
- Extent
- 1 leaf (20 lines) ; 230 x 240 mm
- Geographic Coverage
- England--Herefordshire
- Coordinates
- 52.08333, -2.75
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Green heraldic seal. and Written on vellum in brown ink, in a large well-written Romanesque hand, undated, c.1201. The fine green heraldic seal is attached by a striped linen cord and shows on the obverse three leopards passant and the legend "Sigill: Huberti: de:...
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
- Provenance
- Donated in 1989 by Bruce and Dorothy Brown, who purchased it from Maggs Bros., London.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- seals (marks), charters, manuscripts (documents), legal documents, and coats of arms
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 1989-069; Item: 2
- Fonds Title
- Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
- Fonds Identifier
- SC017
- Is Referenced By
- Archival finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/bruce-and-dorothy-brown-collectionBoyarin, Adrienne Williams, Ravana Eagleheart, James Kendrick, Lynnea Ness, and Merridy Peters. "Medieval Manuscripts and Fragments at the University of Victoria: An Early Grant of Hubert de Burgh, Constantine the African's Translation of Isaac Israeli, and a Mendicant Breviary between Italy and Croatia." Florilegium 33 (2016): 193-232. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/11170
- Date Digitized
- 2012-02-23
- Technical Note
- Metadata by KD. Updated May 2024 by KD. RBMS CVRMC used in keyword field.
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- 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.