Shelfmark
MS 304
Author
Title
Portion of an alphabet of arms, partly in the autograph of Henry St. George. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, 1600s.
Physical description
1 volume (24 leaves) : paper ; 33 x 22 cm.
Note
Devised title.
Note
Place and date of production inferred from biography of Henry St. George, Garter king of arms.
Note
The first 10 leaves, and the 24th leaf, are written in one italic hand, which is neat and perhaps later than Henry St George's death in 1644.
Note
Leaf 11 is an engraved image of the arms of the esquires of Sir George Macartney (Edward Darell, Edward Miller, and Henry Pelham Davies.
Note
Leaves 12-23 are in a less tidy hand and browner ink. Which hand belongs to St George has not been verified.
Note
The first section of the manuscript describes the arms of surnames beginning with A. The second section lists surnames from A to L, and then the arms of different countries and regions.
Note
Inscription on fol. 1r: Phillipps MS 24582. According to the enclosed letter from ANL Munby, Phillipps purchased a large group of St. George's manuscripts from the London bookseller Boone in 1852. It appeared in the Phillipps sale at Sotheby's on 27 April 1903, lot 46.
Note
Enclosure: letter from ANL Munby at King's College, Cambridge to Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 9th February 1955, concerning the origin of this and another Phillipps manuscript in Burrell's collection.
Note
Given to Eton College Library by Joseph Frederick Burrell in 1983.
Binding
18th or 19th century cardboard cover; boards covered in grey paper; spine covering almost entirely lost.
Subject
Subject
Heraldry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Phillipps, Thomas, 1792 - 1872 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England
Language code
eng
Identifier
B48713