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Chronicles of England.

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Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Chr.PL.2009.13.06

Michael Sabin, 2024 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Chronicles of England.
Shelfmarks Chr.PL.2009.13.06
Material Paper
Place of Origin Westminster, England
Date of Origin 1480 (10 June)
General Remarks

One leaf included in An Original Leaf from the Chronicles of England Printed by William Caxton at Westminster in 1480 (London: William H. Robinson Ltd., 1933). Copy 27/100.

Original Condition

Page Height 284 mm
Page Width 218 mm
Height of Written Area 192 mm
Width of Written Area 124 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 124 mm
Number of Lines 40
Numbering

Printed signatures. 
More about the Condition

Two-line spaces left for initials.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 284 x 218 mm
More about the Current Condition

Leaf N6.

Lower outer margin torn without loss of text.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Initials and paraphs supplied in red.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons
    • Text Language English
    • Title Chronicles of England
    • Content Description

      Westminster: William Caxton, 1480 (10 June).

      Text:

      • Capitulum ccxv: Of the deth of king Edward of Carnariuan
      • Capitulum ccxvi: How king Edward spoused Philipp the Erles doughter of benaude at yorke

History

Remarks

In the essay that accompanies this leaf, Holbrook Jackson noted that the "enclosed original leaf is from a hiterto unknown fragment [of 69 leaves], which fortunately contained the leaf necessary to complete the copy at St. John's College, Oxford."

Host Volume

Title Jackson, Holbrook. William Caxton. An essay by Holbrook Jackson [with] An Original Leaf from the Chronicles of England Printed by William Caxton at Westminster in 1480
Date of Origin/Publication 1933
Place of Origin/Publication London: William H. Robinson Ltd.

Bibliography

  • Chronicles of England (from the ISTC - ic00477000): Goff C477; HC 5000; Duff 97 + 113; DeR(C) 29 + 35; Cx 39 + 40; IJL2 132; Oates 4072 + 4073; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 541 (I) + 674 (II); STC 9991 + 13440a; Bod-inc C-194; Sheppard 7373-7374, 7375, 7376, 7377, 7378; Pr 9633 + 9634; BMC XI 116, 118; GW 6670

    Leaf Book: De Hamel, Christopher, and Silver, Joel. Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2005. Checklist 59.

     https://data.cerl.org/istc/ic00477000
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