Physical Description:
ff. ii + 170 + ii paper and parchment, bound; 288 x 204 (210 x
105-120) mm. Notes:
Poems and prose by Geoffrey Chaucer, John Lydgate and others. See
Digital Scriptorium for full description. Binding: Bound, circa
1835, in English russia; marbled endpapers; rebacked with early
spine laid down. Text written in black ink with red initials and
underlining except on f. 78v-96v and 167v-170r. Subjects:
Didactic poetry, English (Middle) ; English literature -- Middle
English, 1100-1500. ; English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500.
; Manuscripts, Medieval -- California -- San Marino. Form/Genre:
Manuscripts England 15th century. Provenance:
Belonged to Richard Gough (1735-1809); his sale, Sotheby's, 5 April
1810, lot 4197 to Richard Heber (1773-1833); Heber sale, by Evans,
pt. XI, 10 February 1836, lot 1133 to Sir Thomas Phillipps;
Phillipps n. 8299. Sold privately through A. S. W. Rosenbach to
Henry E. Huntington in 1923.
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