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Didactic pieces : manuscript, [between 1425 and 1450]

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Description: Poems by Thomas Hoccleve, Isidore of Seville, Saint Augustine, and John Wyclif. See Digital Scriptorium for full description.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1425 and 1450
Call number: mssHM 744
Creator: Hoccleve, Thomas (1370?-1450?)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from A. S. W. Rosenbach, June 1925. In the collection of the Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878), Appendix n. 133, with the characteristic yellow circular label on the spine. The Appendix manuscripts sold privately in May 1897 to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928); his sale of the items he did not wish to retain, Sotheby's, 1 May 1899, n. 81 to Leighton. Belonged to George Dunn (1865-1912); his sale, Sotheby's, 11 February 1913, pt. I, n. 518 to Maggs. Owned by Sir Israel Gollancz (1864-1930). Acquired by Henry E. Huntington in June 1925 from A. S. W. Rosenbach.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Use digital reproduction in the Huntington Digital Library. Original available by special permission only.
Dimensions: 160 x 233 mm
Associated people: Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, (1797-1878,); Augustine, (354-430.); Dunn, George, (1864-1912,); Gollancz, Israel, (1864-1930,); Isidore, (-636.); Thompson, Henry Yates, (1838-1928,); Wycliffe, John, (-1384.)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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