17th Century Latin Document with Large Seal

Mentions Elizabeth I and James VI/I. Locations include Yardley and Sandon, England.

In Collection:

• Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection

Subject

• James I, King of England, 1566-1625
• Manuscripts
• Seventeenth century
• Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

Language

• lat

Identifier

• Shelf Mark: Doc.Lat.6

Date created

• 1600s

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 sheet ; 38.5 x 50 mm

Geographic Coverage

• England

Additional physical characteristics

• Written in a court hand.
• Large, red wax seal is intact and hangs from the document, approx 10 cm diameter.
• One large piece of parchment, with writing in black ink on one side.
• A large, initial /E/ for "Elizabeth" was planned but never added in, resulting in a significant empty block in the top left corner of the text; a small guide-letter is visible.

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)
• manuscripts (documents)
• legal documents

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2019-070, Item: 3

Fonds title

• Early Modern Manuscripts collection

Fonds identifier

• SC599

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-lat-6.php
• Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection

Date digitized

• February 2020

Technical note

• Files 001 & 002 front and back under glass with sealFiles 003 & 004 back and front under glass without seal (flatter, to minimize wrinkles)Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; height 700) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• 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.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/kvxp-wg36