The historye of Reynart the foxe (Caxton): London, British Library, C.11.c.3 = IB.55043
Physical Description:
Object Description:
Form: Codex
Material: Paper
Size: 282 mm x 202 mm (dimensions of all - size of leaves)
Collation:
- 'Without the blanks. Tears in the inserted leaf after h8 have been mended with one piece verso uppermost'. BMC XI, p. 126.
Condition:
Rubrication and decorated initials:
- Number of hands: 0
- Summary:
Not rubricated. See below, under Image Gallery.
Additions:
'The chapters in the table are numbered 1-18 in manuscript in this volume show that it was in the same ownership at an early date as the King's Library copy of Godfrey of Boloyne (C.11.c.4), with which it was probably bound. The name "Harrys" is written in the margin of f7b in a 16th-century hand (cf. p. 124, C.11.c.4, leaf 1.4a) together with a nota bene mark continued on f8a. A section of the text is copied in another hand of the early 16th century on d6a (C.11.c.4, leaf 9.3a)'. BMC XI, 126.
Binding Description:
'Bound in the private bindery of King George III, in gold-tooled straight-grain red morocco with his arms'. BMC XI, p. 127.
Accompanying Material:
None.
History:
- Provenance: Cf. BMC Xi, p. 127
- 'Harrys', 16th century.
- John Ratcliffe, before 1776.
- G. Nicol for King George III, 1776 (John Ratcliffe's sale, March 1776 (lot 1223).
- King George III (167.d.16).
Image Gallery:
Works referred:
Administration Information:
Images are supplied by Lotte Hellinga and scanned by CB and JT (2014).
All the information are quoted from BMC XI with kind permission by the editor.
Ed. by ST and TK (2014/15)