Physical Description:
ff. ii + iv + 127 + i + i : parchment, bound; 205 x 283 mm. Notes:
Prose and poetry by Thomas Hoccleve, John Lydgate, Geoffrey
Chaucer, John Walton and others. Bound, circa 1840, in purple
morocco, gold tooled with the Bridgewater crest stamped on front
and back covers; marbled endpapers; gilt edges. Biographical Note:
Thomas Hoccleve or Occleve was an English poet and clerk. Subjects:
Hoccleve, Thomas, 1370?-1450? ; English literature -- Middle
English, 1100-1500. ; English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500.
; Manuscripts, Medieval -- California -- San Marino. Form/Genre:
Manuscripts England 15th century. Physical Collection:
Egerton family papers. Provenance:
Purchased from the Bridgewater library from John Francis Granville
Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George
D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917. On f. v, pressmark
"Z:/2./2." in the hand of John Egerton (1622-86), 2nd Earl of
Bridgewater, with the last number corrected to "10" at a later
date, possibly by John Egerton (1646-1701), 3rd Earl of
Bridgewater. Printed on a square yellow slip of paper glued to f.
ii verso, "MSS. No. 4." Acquired by Henry E. Huntington in 1917
with the Bridgewater Library. For a more detail provenance note,
see Digital Scriptorium.
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