MS V.a.76 Gesta Romanorum manuscript, ca. 1450.
Title
Gesta Romanorum manuscript, ca. 1450.Other related names
- Holt, Henry, active 16th century, former owner., former owner
- Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner., former owner
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner., former owner
- Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner., former owner
- Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner., former owner
Call number
MS V.a.76(Washington DC, USA, Folger Shakespeare Library)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Folger Shakespeare LibraryLanguage
LatinOrigin
ca. 1450
- Place
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England
Summary
Contains 33 of 34 tales or moral anecdotes derived from Greek and Roman history and legend. Only the final three lines of the first tale survive.
Notes
- Leaf 41 missing except for upper left corner; leaf 52 missing bottom half.
- Title from spine.
Extent
Leaves ii + 52 + ii; 225 x 155 mmFoliation
FoliatedSupport
PaperBinding
Bound in 19th-century, half calf (blue leather and marbled paper), marble endpapers.Layout
Decoration
Some very simple pen flourishings at the ends of chapters on leaves 5v, 6v, 22r, 23r, 25r, 25v, 32v, 36r etc.
Script
Provenance
- Possible marks of ownership in 16th century hands on leaves 31v ("Standely"), 49v (illegible), 50v ("Henri Holt"); Formerly owned by Halliwell-Phillipps and sold to Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library (bookplate); Purchased as part of the Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library Collection by Henry Clay Folger.
Related resources
- Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 3.3
Subjects topical
- Great Britain --England
Genres
- Manuscripts, Latin --England --15th century
- Legends (literary genre) --England --15th century --Manuscripts
- Folk tales
Keywords
- History
- 15th century
- England
- English
Licenses
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- Text
- These images and the content of Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.a.76: Gesta Romanorum manuscript, ca. 1450. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
- URL
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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- Text
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Table of contents
- fol. 1r — Gesta Romanorum; incipit: ... Quid aut apostolus. Qui perseuerauerunt in finem ...; explicit: ... quid nos perducat qui sine fine regnat. amen. [rubr.] Explicit liber de gestis romanorum. [f. 52v]
Decorations
- fol. 5v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 6v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 22r — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 23r — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 25r — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 25v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 32v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 36r — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 43r — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 43v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 44v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 46r — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 47v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 48v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 50v — Simple pen flourishings
- fol. 52v — Simple pen flourishings
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