Identity area
Reference code
JCOL/Q/B/18
Title
Itinerarium Joh. Mandeville etc.
Date(s)
- 1400-1500 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
1 volume 8+ x 6+ in., 160 ff; 35 and 27 lines to a page. paper
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Probably from Durham; given by Thomas Man, 1685. On the last parchment leaf is an ownership inscription in the name of Thomas Rysyng "d[omi]n[u]s orforthe".
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Scope and content
John Mandeville's Itinerary (in Latin) and a copy of Gesta Romanorum; M. R. James's no. 35. With Latin and English notes on the power of God (ff. ii -iv). The Gesta contains 58 stories (with some resemblance to Harleian ms. 2270); James lists the subjects treated.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Microfilm available.
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Electronic edition