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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: CS769 M63N67 1510 and Shelf Mark: Ms.Lat.5
Extent:
i + 31 folios (collation i² + ii¹⁰ + iii¹⁰⁺¹ + iv⁸) ; parchment, 225 x 170 mm
Geographic Coverage:
Italy and Italy--Siena
Coordinates:
43.31822, 11.33064 and 42.83333, 12.83333
Chronological Coverage:
15XX
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Housed in a modern handmade box covered in dark burgundy cloth. "Bound in wood boards, faded and slightly worn red leather strap with intact lettered ("E.M.") brass clasp with pin and eylet, channels of support visible, faded and slightly worn red leather split bands, leather strap and bands tacked to boards, partial and cut front flyleaf mostly separated from quire with hinge visible, very minor worming to spine edge of boards, modern pencil annotation on inside rear cover. Provenance information written in Roman capitals in black ink on head of rear board with a rudimentary decorated underlining bar." -- Description from Les Enluminures website.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Purchased from Les Enluminures
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
manuscripts (documents), records (documents), and notarial documents
Is Referenced By:
Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
Date Digitized:
2020-01-21
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight TTI 600 dpi tiff (1/20; 263; bent5 tone; camera height 500). Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Ind.Eng.2
Extent:
1 leaf ; 25 x 46 cm
Geographic Coverage:
England--South Kirkby and England--West Yorkshire
Coordinates:
53.7, -1.58333 and 53.59383, -1.31914
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Single sheet parchment, two seal tags with extant seal wrappers (but no seals). Two tags bear traces of small, red-wax seals, but seals are missing. Parchment seal covers (scraps with traces of writing on interior) remain. Secretary hand. Signature of John Machon on recto.One sheet of parchment with jagged top edge, part of a larger sheet on which the ‘indenture’ would have been copied out twice, the indented edge serving as a proof of authenticity of the two parts when brought back together. The item is in very good condition, although there is slight smudging on the upper and lower left of the sheet, as well as some minor fold-related damage near the middle. The text is ruled in plummet, with one vertical rule marking the left margin of the text block. Pricking is visible at both left and right margins. -- description from Ken Streutker, 2016
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Special donation from Roger Bishop, 2011.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
indentures, legal documents, manuscripts (documents), and signatures (names)
Archival Item Identifier:
Accession Number: 2011-045
Is Referenced By:
Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ind-eng-2.php
Date Digitized:
2022-08-16
Transcript:
Description and transcription by Ken Streutker in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts, University of Victoria, Department of English, August 2016, available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ind-eng-2.pdf
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight/TTI - 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 800 - 600DPI tiff archival scans by PD. Metadata by KD.