Caxton's Polychronicon: Cambridge, University Library, Inc.3.J.1.1 [3503]
Summary:
Imp. (ISTC ih00267000) , (DeR(C) p. 62, n. 19)
Sayle, I. p. 6, n. 19; old shelfmarks: AB.4.20; B.5.32.
Physical Description:
Object Description:
Form: Codex
Material: Paper
Size: 242 mm x 208? mm (dimensions of all - size of leaves)
Collation:
- Imp. Wants gatherings a, b, C, 25, chi, 34 and 55 and leaves 1₁, 26₁, 27₅, 30₁, 40₆-₇, 52₃-₆, 53₈ and 54₈; leaves 2₂ & 37₂
defective.
Condition:
Rubrication and decorated initials:
- Number of hands: ?
- Summary:
- Hand: Initials
- Scope: ()
- Hand: Marginalia
- Scope: ()
- Hand: Paraphs
- Scope: ()
Hand decoration:
Annotations: Extensive marginalia (badly cropped) in a 16th cent. hand.
Decoration: Initials, paragraph marks, notabilia (cropped) and reference numbers supplied in red.
Binding Description:
Late 17th or early 18th cent. English blind tooled mottled calf.
Accompanying Material:
History:
- Provenance:
- Bishop John Moore
- Acquisition:
Bookplate of the Royal Library (collection of Bishop John Moore, given to Cambridge University Library
in 1715 by George I).
Image Gallery:
- Coming soon.
Works referred:
- De Ricci, Seymour, A Census of Caxtons (Oxford: Oxford University Press, for the Bibliographical Society, 1909, p.62.
Administration Information:
- Original file created by Jennifer De Lillo. Updated by Lauren MacDougall, 08/06/2015.