Manuscript Description England, London, British Library MS Royal 8 A.XXI | |
MS Appellation: | Theological Collections |
Title: | Regiment of Princes on f1v |
Author: | Hoccleve |
Contents: | A collection of theological tracts which, according to the British Library Catalogue, may be connected with St Peter's Abbey at Gloucester. One flyleaf entry of 2 stanzas from Hoccleve's Regiment. |
Language: | English |
Date Range: | 1450-1550 |
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: | 1 marbled matches + 2 paper fly + parchment original of 3 flyleaves numbered 1-3 and text block foliated 4-226, 2 more original parchment flyleaves with scribbles + 2 paper fly + marbled |
Pagination: | New pencil foliation upper outer corners recto, including front parchment flyleaves as 1-3, back flyleaves as 227 and 228. |
Quiring: | n/a |
Page Size: | 198 x 135 |
Frame: | None for this text |
Writing Space: | Varies with texts; 14 lines take up space of 100 x 80 |
Other Names (not owners): | Thomas Evans, post medieval, possibly 17-18th cc, f227 (flyleaf at back), another name erased and illegible on f2r, same ink as Latin verse copied on lower ' of this leaf. Same hand as Regiment writes Latin prose note/extract top f2, 6 lines, beginning: 'Qui vult ordinate dare'' |
Further Information: | Royal Catalogue; this copy of Regiment extract identified by ??? |