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Regiment of princes :

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Description
Prose and poetry by Thomas Hoccleve, John Lydgate, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Walton and others. See Digital Scriptorium for full description.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
approximately 1450.
Call number
mssEL 26 A 13
Creator
Hoccleve, Thomas (1370?-1450?)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from the Bridgewater library from John Francis Granville Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917. On f. v, pressmark "Z:/2./2." in the hand of John Egerton (1622-86), 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, with the last number corrected to "10" at a later date, possibly by John Egerton (1646-1701), 3rd Earl of Bridgewater. Printed on a square yellow slip of paper glued to f. ii verso, "MSS. No. 4." Acquired by Henry E. Huntington in 1917 with the Bridgewater Library. For a more detail provenance note, see Digital Scriptorium.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Use digital, facsimile, or microfilm reproduction. Original available by special permission only.
Dimensions
205 x 283 mm
Associated people
Chaucer, Geoffrey, (-1400.)
Bridgewater, John Egerton, (1623-1686,)
Bridgewater, John Egerton, (1646-1701,)
Lydgate, John, (1370?-1451?)
Shirley, John, (1366?-1456,)
Walton, John, (-1410.)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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