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Detailed record for Egerton 2419
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| Author |
Johannes Teutonicus |
| Title |
De moribus et disciplina humanae conversationis (moralisations on the Ludus Cartarum) |
| Origin |
Germany or Austria |
| Date |
1472 |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic cursive |
| Decoration |
Large initials in red with brown pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Small initials in plain red. |
| Dimensions in mm |
285 x 200 (215 x 135) in two columns |
| Official foliation |
ff. 96 + 96* (f. 96* is a paper flyleaf; + 4 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 3 at the end) |
| Form |
Paper codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. Rebound in 1987. |
| Provenance |
Colophon 'Anno domini incarnacionis lxxijo tunc temporis regnavit pestilencia etc.' (f. 96).
Bought by the British Museum from J. Harvey, 8 December 1877 (note on 4th flyleaf [f. i]), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1876-1881 (London: British Museum, 1882), no. Eg. 2419.
Peter F. Kopp, 'Die frühesten Spielkarten in der Schweiz', Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte, 30 (1973), 130-45 (pp. 131, 144 n. 27).
Andrew G. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 700-1600 in The Department of Manuscripts: The British Library, 2 vols (London: British Library, 1979), I, no. 608. |
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