Manuscript Description London, British Library MS Harley 4999 | |
| Title: | Statutes of the Realm |
| Contents: | Statutes of the Realm I Edward III to 18 Henry VI |
| Language: | English and Latin |
| Date Range: | After 18 Henry VI |
| Scribal Hands: | Examples of the hand. Click on the link above for full details and images of individual letter forms.               |
| Material: | Parchment? |
| No of Folios: | 3 newer paper probably added at rebinding + 2 heavier and yellowed parchment (a bifolium), blank + 228 finer, whiter parchment folios + 2 heavier and yellowed parchment (a bifolium), blank + 4 newer paper as at front. |
| Pagination: | By the scribe; foliation in roman numerals upper outer corner recto. |
| Quiring: | 12 |
| Catchwords: | By the scribe, a little to the left of centre under the text. |
| Page Size: | 303 x 150 |
| Frame: | 2 x vertical, 2 x horizontal (square), ruled within, in pale purplish ink; pricking still visible at edges of most folios. |
| Writing Space: | 240 x 150 |
| Incipits and Explicits: | 'Noua Statuta' at top of f1r. |
| Marginal Headings: | By the scribe in his display script. |
| Running Titles: | By the scribe but in a bolder and larger display script. |
| Paragraph Marks: | Alternate red and blue before running titles, folio numbers, headings, and before the initial of each sentence. |
| Flourished Initials: | 2-line blue Lombard initials with red flourishing. |
| Other Names (not owners): | Old shelfmark on f1r, top left, '139.B.11; pencil shelfmark after that '8' over '11' followed by centred 'C'. |