Shelfmark
MS 301
Title
[On the Order of the Garter]. manuscript
Varying form of title
Spine title: Institute of ye Garter
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, [16--].
Physical description
298 [i.e. 300], 35, [7] p., [1] leaf of plates : coat of arms ; 296 x 180 mm.
Note
Cataloguer-devised title. Please refer to contents field for details.
Note
Material: paper; 7 chain lines; watermark: fleur de lys with crown at the top and initials "AJ" at the bottom.
Note
Layout: item 1 is written in a single column with marginal signposts; items 2 and 3 are written in double columns.
Note
Plate between pp.202-203: coat of arms of Robert, count of Sunderland.
Note
Handwriting: the volume may have been copied by Sir Thomas St George.
Note
Additional pages: 130bis and 131bis.
Note
Last leaf blank.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Item 1, pp. 1-298: "The institution of the most noble order of the knights companions of the Garter [with] the manner of the elections, investiture, installations and festival with other matters relating to the said order"; Item 2, pp. 1-35: "Statuta nobilissimi ordinis in Anglia, dicti a periscelide. Adjectis aliquot ad marginem notis [...] Ex collectione et collatione M[atthew] W[ren] Decani Windesoriensis, et scribae nobilissimi ordinis 1631"; Item 3, last [4] pages are an index.
Provenance
Ms. note on front pastedown: "The Booke of S[i]r Thomas St George Kn[igh]t Garter Principall King of Armes , touching the most Noble Order of the Garter 1688 &c.".
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of William Constable on front pastedown.
Binding
?20th-century speckled calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with blind fillets to form a border; double fillets to form a grid with blind tools at the inner corners. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with blind fillets, tools and gilt titling ("Institute of ye Garter"). Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of undecorated paper; two flyleaves at the upper end of the textblock (one contemporary with the text), three at the lower end (one contemporary with the text).
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: Gk.2.18.
Copy-specific note
Modern label on rear pastedown: "Not to be taken out of the Library".
Subject
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Constable, William, 1721 - 1791 former owner.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51316