Detailed record for Yates Thompson 48


Title		Nova Statuta , from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451
Origin		England, S. E. (London)
Date		between 1451 and c. 1480
Language		French
Script		Gothic cursive
Decoration		5 historiated initials, accompanied by full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 41, 104, 147, 172v, 190). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. At the end, 3 large initials in gold on pink and light blue foliate grounds (ff. 246v, 250v, 252v). Paraph marks in plain red or blue.
Dimensions in mm		302 x 210 (210 x 130)
Official foliation		ff. 256 (+ 3 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 3 at the end)
Form		Parchment codex
Binding		Post-1600. Brown leather; marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
Provenance		Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d. 1928), collector of illuminated manuscripts and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson.

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