COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0906634dc
Reference Number:
English MS 288
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Formula of proceedings at a manorial court
Parent Work Title:
Legal Commonplace Book
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Littleton, Tenures and other pieces in English, French and Latin
Date Created:
15th century [1479?]
Page:
6r
Image Sequence Number:
006r
Description:
Formulary proceedings at a court leet in Latin and English. Some of the margin annotation is obscured by parchment strips that have been used in the binding. The written space is c. 175 x 100 mm and the script a mixture of secretary and anglicana.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Manorial courts
Subject:
Law, Medieval
Subject:
Law, Medieval--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
224 mm
Item Width:
154 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Wolff, John (calligraphic inscription Liber Johannis Wolff on folio 23).
Provenance:
Willoughby, John (signature with flourish on final folio).
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.42.
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 423-24. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch for £10.00 in July 1915.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-02-11
Multi Page Number:
75
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Formula of proceedings at a manorial court
