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Detailed record for Arundel 65
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| ff. 1-216 |
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Imagines Regum, Consulum, Dictatorum, Magistrum Equitum, Tribuni-Militum consularis potestatis, ab urbe condita usque ad C. Jul. Caesarem Dictatorem. Parens Patriae (vol. 1) |
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| ff. 1-217 |
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Imagines Regum, Consulum, Dictatorum, Magistrum Equitum, Tribuni-Militum consularis potestatis, ab urbe condita usque ad C. Jul. Caesarem Dictatorem. Parens Patriae (vol. 2) |
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| ff. 1-191 |
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Imagines Regum, Consulum, Dictatorum, Magistrum Equitum, Tribuni-Militum consularis potestatis, ab urbe condita usque ad C. Jul. Caesarem Dictatorem. Parens Patriae (vol. 3) |
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| ff. 1-199 |
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Imagines Regum, Consulum, Dictatorum, Magistrum Equitum, Tribuni-Militum consularis potestatis, ab urbe condita usque ad C. Jul. Caesarem Dictatorem. Parens Patriae (vol. 4) |
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| Origin |
Germany |
| Date |
1571 |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Square capitals |
| Decoration |
Drawings with inscriptions, enlarged from coins and medals of the Roman Republic, on every recto of all four volumes. |
| Dimensions in mm |
420 x 270 |
| Official foliation |
vol. 1: ff. 216 (+ 1 old paper flyleaf at the beginning, and 3 at the end); vol. 2: ff. 217 (+ 2 old paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 3 at the end); vol. 3: ff. 191 (+ 2 old paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 1 at the end); vol. 4: ff. 199 (+ 2 old paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 2 at the end) |
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Paper codex |
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Pre-1600. Gold-tooled brown leather with the portrait, an inscription and the arms of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, dated 1571; vols 1 and 4 rebacked. |
| Provenance |
Albrecht (b. 1528, d. 1579), Duke of Bavaria: his portrait, the inscription 'Albertus Dei gratia Comes Palatinus ac utriusque Bavariae Dux'; 'Anno Domini MDLXXI', and his arms (upper and lower cover).
? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician.
Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.
The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.1.10’, inside upper cover).
Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part 1: The Arundel Manuscripts, p. 14. |
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| Imagines Regum, Consulum, Dictatorum, Magistrum Equitum, Tribuni-Militum consularis potestatis, ab urbe condita usque ad C. Jul. Caesarem Dictatorem. Parens Patriae (vol. 1) |
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f. 10
Drawing |
f. 10
Detail: drawing |
f. 136
Drawing |
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f. 136
Detail: drawing |
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