Formulary of English Chancery Writs

Manuscript location
Place
Repository	University of Western Australia Library
Collection	Special Collections
Shelf mark	Rare 347.8
Former shelf mark
Manuscript name
Name	Formulary of English Chancery Writs
Contents
Summary
Physical description
Support	Vellum
Dimensions	170 x 118 mm.
Extent	210 leaves plus 6 contemporary flyleaves (ff. 85 and 210 blank)
Collation	i-iii¹² iv-viii¹⁰ ix¹² x-xii⁸ xiii⁶ xiv-xv⁸ xvi¹⁰ xvii-xxiii⁸
Catchwords	Some catchwords present
Signatures
Foliation	Contemporary foliation omits leaves after 84, 171 and 200
Condition	Some leaves stained and worn, some small holes, many signs of use but generally in sound condition
Layout	33-38 lines
Scribes	Written in brown ink by several scribes
Scripts	English charter hands
Decoration	Paragraph marks and some initials in red (others left blank)
Musical notation
Binding	Contemporary binding of thick wooden boards, covered with vellum, attached with leather thongs; strip torn from spine but binding sound; lacks clasps
Seals
Accompanying material
History
Origin	England (London?), mid-fourteenth century
Provenance
Acquisition	Purchased from Alan G. Thomas, Catalogue 76 (1977), lot 3 (800 pounds)
Bibliography
Bibliography list
Analysis
Commentary
Description by	Alan G. Thomas, Catalogue 76 (1977)
Acknowledgements
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