Book of arms in trick of 'Kings, Princes, Dukes and Lords etc. in Christendom as also of the Bishops Sees, Abbies etc.'
Single Item
MS. Top. gen. b. 56
Book of arms in trick of 'Kings, Princes, Dukes and Lords etc. in Christendom as also of the Bishops Sees, Abbies etc.', temp. Henry VIII, with an index at fols. 125-132.
Dates
- temp. Henry VIII
Extent
145 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. gen. b. 56
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17829
Abstract
Book of arms in trick of 'Kings, Princes, Dukes and Lords etc. in Christendom as also of the Bishops Sees, Abbies etc.', temp. Henry VIII.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 54096.
Custodial History
Owned by John Holland, and by Hudson Gurney, 1819; Sotheby's, 30 March 1936 (Q. E. Gurney sale), lot 126; booklabel of Comte Henry Chandon de Briailles (1898-1937).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from D. D. Evans, Day's Bookshop, Thame, 1956.
Physical Facet
18th-century blind-tooled calf, rebacked
- Title
- Book of arms in trick of 'Kings, Princes, Dukes and Lords etc. in Christendom as also of the Bishops Sees, Abbies etc.'
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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