Accession number
MS B.30
Object title
Genealogical chronicle roll of the kings of England to Edward IV (MS B.30).
Created
Probably England, between 1465 and 1469.
Binding
Red morocco with Elmhirst arms.
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Description
1 roll (66 leaves), bound : vellum, ill.
Provenance
George Josslyn L'Estrange Howard, Earl of Carlisle; his sale, London, Sotheby's, Oct. 28, 1947, lot 530; Edward Mars Elmhirst; Mrs. Elmhirst; purchased for Curt F. Bühler at her sale at Sotheby's (London, Jan. 26, 1959, lot 51) by E.P. Goldschmidt, London.
Notes
Ms. genealogical chronicle roll in Middle English; written and decorated in the late 1460s.
Lacks all text before Noah; ends with Edward IV and his daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in 1466--Cf. PML files.
Written on two leaves of vellum at the end in a contemporary hand is a 16th century English poem addressed to Henry VIII, in 9 seven-line stanzas--Cf. PML files.
Two contemporary genealogies of the kings of England, both also ending with Edward IV, are in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (mss. e Mus. 42, Lyell 33).
Continuous roll folded into 62 leaves + 4 added leaves = 66 leaves (338 x 220 mm.); 3-4 columns, 39 lines (182 x 272 mm.).
Decoration: numerous filigree initials.
Lacks all text before Noah; ends with Edward IV and his daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in 1466--Cf. PML files.
Written on two leaves of vellum at the end in a contemporary hand is a 16th century English poem addressed to Henry VIII, in 9 seven-line stanzas--Cf. PML files.
Two contemporary genealogies of the kings of England, both also ending with Edward IV, are in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (mss. e Mus. 42, Lyell 33).
Continuous roll folded into 62 leaves + 4 added leaves = 66 leaves (338 x 220 mm.); 3-4 columns, 39 lines (182 x 272 mm.).
Decoration: numerous filigree initials.
Script
textura
Language
Middle English
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