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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 arms of the order surrounded by the garter and surmounted by the crown. In a modern binding embroidered with the Arms of the Order. Fol. 2v bears coat of arms of the Order of the Garter under Edward VI, blue and red with silver and gold illumination (silver has tarnished somewhat).
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.pdf and Special 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.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Lat.1
Extent:
1 manuscript on vellum; 95 x 300 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--Norfolk
Coordinates:
52.66667, 1
Additional Physical Characteristics:
With small penwork initial; 4 seal tags, with 2 seals of red wax remaining; contemporary and later annotations on dorse.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
seals (marks) and manuscripts (documents)
Archival Item Identifier:
1992-045, Item 5
Fonds Title:
Medieval Studies Collection
Fonds Identifier:
SC070
Is Referenced By:
Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection and Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
de Hanamstede, William, de Brandon, Thomas, de Bouwode, Thomas, Bonde, Simon, Lucas (common clerk named on dorse)., Rotour, Roger, de Gone Wardeby, John, Carter, Roger, Franceys, Simon, Chaucer, Nicholas, Bole, John, Not, John, Adam of Salesbury, Bonde, Johanna, Forestier, Walter, Wyrhale, John de, and Simon Dolsley, Thomas fil
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Brown.3
Extent:
1 leaf (13.5 or 14 lines) ; 29.5 x 13.5 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--London
Coordinates:
51.50853, -0.12574
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Latin script in dark brown ink in one English documentary cursive hand. Stylized capital 'S' at the beginning of grant (crossed with four points). Further notes on people and place names housed with document. Two parchment seal tags intact but lacking seals (remnants of red wax visible on each). Evidence of one horizontal fold (mid-level) and two vertical folds show that the document was once folded. Additional notes on verso (3.5 lines plus endorsements). Signature on verso: 'lucas'. -- Maggs catalogue description. and 14 lines in Latin in one English documentary cursive hand. Dated 3 May 1356 (30 Edward III), and marked on verso as read and enrolled in the Husting Court of Common Pleas on 16 May 1356 (i.e., the Monday before the feast of St. Dunstan). Two parchment seal tags intact but lacking seals (remnants of red wax visible on each). Evidence of one horizontal fold (mid-level) and two vertical folds show that the document was once folded. Signature on verso: ‘lucas’. One leaf, 14 lines of Latin script in dark brown ink. Additional notes on verso (3.5 lines plus endorsements). Stylized capital ‘S’ at the beginning of grant (crossed with four points). Further notes on people and place names housed with document. -- Description by Alanna Blackall as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Donated to the University of Victoria by Bruce and Dorothy Brown in 1991. Purchased by the Browns from Maggs Bros. Ltd. (London).
Transcription and summary description by Alanna Blackall, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015.
Technical Note:
Metadata by KD.
Keyword in Context:
Transcript available<br/>Victoria, McPherson Library, Doc.Brown.3
Acc. 1991-088, Item #1
Rent and tenancy grant of Simon and Johanna Bonde
England (London) 3 May 1356
Grant pertaining to rent and tenancy on parchment, 29.5mm x 13.5mm. 14 lines in Latin in one
English documentary cursiv...
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Brown.2
Extent:
1 leaf (13 lines) ; 140 x 410 mm
Geographic Coverage:
Spain
Additional Physical Characteristics:
13 lines on vellum in an attractive large hand, indented at the foot. Very slightly browned and rubbed in places; a handsome document in good clear condition. -- description from Vendor Catalogue (Maggs Catalogue)
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:
manuscripts (documents), legal documents, grants, land grants, charters, and signatures (names)
Archival Item Identifier:
Accession Number: 1989-069; Item: 3
Fonds Title:
Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection
Fonds Identifier:
SC017
Is Referenced By:
Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/bruce-and-dorothy-brown-collection and Description from Vendor Catalogue (Maggs Catalogue): https://search.library.uvic.ca/permalink/01VIC_INST/71bv5b/alma9934620873807291