Shelfmark
MS 93 - MS 95
Additional shelfmark
[Continuation shelfmark] MS 94
Author
Title
De nobilitate et ortu heroum : manuscript.
Varying form of title
Other title: De ortu et institucione heroum, sive heraldorum.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Augsburg, 1541-1545.
Physical description
3 volumes : parchment, paper : illustrated ; 51 x 39 cm.
Note
Title taken from M.R. James, and follows the spine title. A possible formal title is given on fol. XXIVr: 'De ortu et institucione heroum, sive heraldorum'.
Note
Foliation of vol. 1: I-XV, XV, XVa, XVI-XXXIII, 6- 219 leaves.
Note
Complete foliation of the preliminary leaves of vol. 1 given in pencil in a modern hand. Traces of an earlier but inconsistent foliation in ink: fol. IX bears '2'; fol. XXIV = '4' (partly trimmed); fol. XXVIII = '5', and fol. 6 follows fol. XXXIII. The ink foliation continues on the following pages, but some figures have been lost in a later trimming.
Note
Foliation of vol. 2: [8], 3, [2], 5-15, [2], 17, [2], 19-42, 44-68, 70, 69, 71-198, 200-203?.
Note
Foliation of vol. 3: 221, 226-227, 227a, 278-289, 289a, 290-293, 293a, 294-345, 347-358, 361-380, 383-388, 390-407, 407a, 408-413, [12] leaves.
Note
The volume numbers have been designated according to the spine labels. Volume 2 may be a continuation of MS 92, rather than part of 'De nobilitate et ortu heroum'. It bears a formal title on fol. [8]r of 'Sentencia heroaldi'. Alternatively, it may be the first volume of this set, since the foliation sequence of volumes 1 and 3 are sequential.
Note
Dates of production inferred from MS 92, also produced by Hans Tirol.
Note
Chiefly on paper, but with some folded leaves on vellum. In vol. 1, the folded leaves have been numbered as a single leaf in the ink foliation sequence.
Note
Heraldic devices and occasional figures throughout, based on woodcut outlines which have been coloured and illuminated in gold and silver.
Note
Indices in each volume.
Note
Written in parallel Latin and German text: Latin written in an italic hand, and German in secretary hand with extensive flourishes.
Note
These volumes belongs with a further volume produced by Hans Tirol, entitled 'De antiquitate': Eton MS 92.
Note
Written by Hans Tirol and intended as a gift to Henry VIII, whose arms appear beneath the dedication on f. [8]r. The donor was probably Jakob Hörproth, consul of Augsburg.
Note
James notes in the interleaved copy of his catalogue that the manuscript had belonged to Thomas Jett, FSA. Thomas Hearne reports in his Remarks and collections that he saw it in Jetts' collection on 9 Oct 1722, having bought it from 'Mr Stebbing'. Jetts' books were sold in 1731.
Note
Inscription on front pastedown indicating that MSS 93-95 were given by Henry Temple, first Viscount Palmerston (1672/3-1757), to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742, whose library is now at Blickling House).
Note
Printed label on front pastedown recording the donation of the volumes by Lord Palmerston to Eton College in 1750, they having been returned to him by Richard Ellys's widow.
Note
Transcription of provenance information provided by James.
Note
Binding restored at the British Museum in 1934-35, according to note in interleaved James.
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bl.1.2-4.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 93-95
Binding
18th century English mid brown sprinkled calf; gold tooled swag roll and twist roll border; gold tooled fillet and large ornaments composed of smaller tools in each compartment of spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled title; six raised bands; black, blue and yellow marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
Subject
Heraldry Holy Roman Empire Early works to 1800.
Subject
Holy Roman Empire History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Henry, 1491 - 1547 VIII, King of England, dedicatee.
Added entry--name
Hörproth, Jakob dedicator.
Added entry--name
Palmerston, Henry Temple, 1672 - 1757 Viscount, former owner.
Added entry--name
Ellys, Richard, 1688? - 1742 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Augsburg
Language code
lat ger
Identifier
B46530