Physical Description:
ff. 1-158v, parchment, bound; 293 x 412 mm. Notes:
Manuscript of Fall of princes by John Lydgate. Includes sketches
and miniatures. Binding: Bound, s. XVIII, in English gold-tooled
brown calf; rebacked, original spine laid down. The volume was
resewn after coming to the Huntington, probably sometime in the
1930s, to restore the contents to their proper sequence. Text is in
two columns unless otherwise noted. Most columns have five verses
with seven lines each. Biographical Note:
John Lydgate of Bury was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk,
England. Subjects:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? ; English literature -- Middle English,
1100-1500. ; Manuscripts, Medieval -- California -- San Marino. Form/Genre:
Illuminated manuscripts England 15th century. (aat) Provenance:
Possibly in the collection formed by James Sotheby in the
seventeenth century. Armorial bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby on the
front pastedown; sale of Col. H. G. Sotheby, Sotheby's, 24 July
1924, lot 24 with plate of f. 109v to A. S. W. Rosenbach. Precise
source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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