Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.5
Extent:
4 sheets ; 55 x 67 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--London, England--Devon, and England--Cullompton
Coordinates:
50.75, -3.75, 51.50853, -0.12574, and 50.8552, -3.3929
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Four large sheets of parchment, main text on one side of each sheet in black ink, written in an Elizabethan secretary hand. Little remains of a red wax seal which once hung from the document, likely of a similar nature to the original. Document features extensive damage especially when compared to original copy, with many areas of text on some pages rendered illegible.
Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-5.php
Date Digitized:
2020-02
Technical Note:
This four page manuscript has significant water damage and wear from being stored folded. It was unfolded and placed under slightly raised glass for three days but still proved difficult to work with.Due to the fragility, we were hesitant to further unfold and compress the item under glass. There are areas that are unreadable due to shadows and/or folds. After consulting the archivist, the decision was made to scan only the front page.Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 230; bent5 tone; height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.
Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.4
Extent:
4 sheets ; 55 x 67 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--London, England--Devon, and England--Cullompton
Coordinates:
51.50853, -0.12574, 50.75, -3.75, and 50.8552, -3.3929
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Marginalia present and many signatures. and Four large sheets of parchment, main text on one side of each sheet in black ink, written in an Elizabethan secretary hand. A red wax seal is intact, hanging from the document on a strip. There is evidence of a spot where a second seal would have hung, but nothing survives.
Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-4.php and Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection
Date Digitized:
2020-02
Technical Note:
This four page manuscript has significant water damage and wear from being stored folded. It was unfolded and placed under slightly raised glass for three days but still proved difficultto work with.Due to the fragility, we were hesitant to further unfold and compress the item under glass.There are areas that are unreadable due to shadows and/or folds. After consulting the archivist, the decision was made to scan only the front page.Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 230; bent5 tone; height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.