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Detailed record for Arundel 92
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| Author |
Petrus Comestor |
| Title |
Maccabees and the New Testament (ff. 1-157v); Historia scholastica |
| Origin |
Germany |
| Date |
15th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic cursive, each text by a different scribe |
| Decoration |
Simple initials in red, a few with penwork decoration. Cadels. Spaces left for initials. |
| Dimensions in mm |
310 x 195 (230 x 145) in two columns |
| Official foliation |
ff. 397 (+ unfoliated paper flyleaves and leaves without text after ff. 27, 157) |
| Form |
Paper codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Speckled calf. |
| Provenance |
inscribed 'i(c) z(u) (ieh?), f. 72v; cadels with 'ic zu willen', f. 74; 'ic zu (ieb(?)', f. 107v, 'T A B'(?), f. 134.
? 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: ‘XIV.7.4’, inside upper cover).
Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. |
| Notes |
Watermark of 'W', f. [ii]. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part I: The Arundel Manuscripts, p. 26. |
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f. 72v
Coloured initial and cadels |
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