Listed in De Ricci, Seymour, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. : Wilson, 1935; and Supplement, New York, : Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. Ownership : Folio 1 is inscribed: e libris Gulielmi Chapple, 1775. Wilberforce Eames acquired it for his library (Brooklyn, NY) in 1926 from W. M. Voynich. Gift of Eames, 1940. De Ricci, 2313. De Ricci, Supplement, 329. Chart by Dr. Guest. Note in manuscript. Note pasted into flyleaf says that William Chapple was West Country topographer, according to Dictionary of Nat
Listed in De Ricci, Seymour, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. : Wilson, 1935; and Supplement, New York, : Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. Ownership : Folio 1 is inscribed: e libris Gulielmi Chapple, 1775. Wilberforce Eames acquired it for his library (Brooklyn, NY) in 1926 from W. M. Voynich. Gift of Eames, 1940. De Ricci, 2313. De Ricci, Supplement, 329. Chart by Dr. Guest. Note in manuscript. Note pasted into flyleaf says that William Chapple was West Country topographer, according to Dictionary of National Biography. Part I, 18-19 long lines, ruled in drypoint (visible in lower left corner). Part I, parchment 1-line red, blue and green initials. Part II, 1 scribe 60 lines in two columns, ruled in pencil, with occasional prickings visible. Interpretation of Hebrew names in four columns. Part II, parchment Human and animal figures in opening initial. Occasional animal figures in subsequent initials. Opening initial and some subsequent initials (6-line, 8-line etc) have long extensions into border, in gold, blue, red etc. Alternating 2-line red and blue initials with opposing penwork. Red and blue chapter #s and book names. Rubrics and placemarkers. Sources disagree as to place and date of this manuscript. De Ricci places it in England ca. 1300. Guest places it in England, possibly Oxford, ca. 1230s. Later hands write notes in margin, on last folios. Part I, 1 scribe Span of folios for text includes pages of notes.; Opening of part one, with ex libris of William Chapple, 1775. 1-line red and blue initials.
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