Shelfmark
P.Rox.1908.OS
Main entry--uniform title
Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Title
The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick : reproduced in facsimile from the Cottonian ms. Julius E. IV, in the British Museum / with an introduction by William, Earl of Carysfort, K.P.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : Privately printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, MCMVIII [1908].
Physical description
[8], xvi p., [2], [55] p., [55] leaves of plates : facsims. ; 37 cm.
Note
Facsimiles preceded by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
Note
"A series of drawings representing scenes or 'pagents' in the life of the earl ... As to the origin of the manuscript ... there has been a persistent tradition that its author was John Rous ... there is very little to connect it with Rous, and ... while we may hesitate to accept him as the author even of the text, we have no hesitation whatever in pronouncing the drawings not to be his handiwork at all."--Introd.
Note
Colophon: "The manuscript photographed at the British Museum London and plates and letterpress printed at Oxford by Horace Hart, Printer to the University".
Note
Barker, no. 150.
Note
20th century dark brown leather half-binding with covered boards; gilt top-edge; title stamped in gold on spine.
Note
Facsimile.
Provenance
Eton College Library booklabel.
Provenance
Bookplate of the Earl of Carysfort, Elton Hall, with printed date of "1894".
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "The gift of Colonel Douglas James Proby, Elton Hall, 29th March 1917".
Subject
Beauchamp, Richard de, 1382 - 1439 Earl of Warwick,
Subject
Drawing, British.
Subject
Manuscripts, English Facsimiles.
Subject
England Social life and customs 1066-1485 Sources.
Added entry--name
Carysfort, William Proby, 1836 - 1909 Earl of, editor, former owner.
Added entry--name
Rous, John, 1411? - 1491 supposed author.
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Oxford University Press printer.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Identifier
B44718