Manuscripts
Constitutiones provinciales : [manuscript]
1 of 3
- Description
- ff. 1-173v. [William Lyndwood]. Provinciale. Incipit: Ignorancia sacerdotum et infra Ne quis per ignoranciam se excuset qui sciat articulos fidei. Explicit: omni censura ecclesiastica fore canonice compellendos. Expliciunt consitutiones provinciales. Latin. Here without commentary. On ff. 167-172, the table of contents, in three columns, that on the left with the subject matter, that in the middle with the opening word(s) of the constitution, and that on the right with the author. On f. 173v, an added five-line note, semi-legible, mentioning "habundancia temporalium", "effectus belli", and ending "finis belli".
- Date
- [between 1450 and 1499]
- Call number
- mssHM 55668
- Provenance
- Purchased from Sam Fogg, June 1995. Inscribed, s. XV, "D(omi)n(u)s Robert(us) Clarell Iunior[?]" (f. 85). Inscribed, s. XVI, perhaps with a price(?) "vjd" or "vjs"(?) (turn-in of front cover); "lib. no. 23" (f. 173); and with a copy of an obligation between William Powes of Hordely (about three miles south of Ellesmere), Shropshire, and Humfrey Baker, of Bagley (about three miles south of Hordely) (f. 94r; cf. ff. 93v, 94v). Inscribed, s. XVII, "J. James" and "John" (ff. 140, 161). Inscribed s. XVII/XVIII: "vid. Ridley view[?] &c. 210" (front turn-in), doubtless a reference to Sir Thomas Ridley's A Vievv of the Ciuile and Ecclesiasticall Law ...; the same owner was perhaps also responsible for the foliation of ff. 1-50 and probably also a note on the contents on f. 172v. Hodgson, London auctioneers, sold 21 November 1957, lot 492; Maggs Bros, London book-dealers, with their acquisition note and price code in pencil "H/11/57 / esso" (f. 173; i.e. Hodgson's, Nov. 1957, £50); their Catalogue 854 (1958), no. 60; inscribed in pencil with a reference to this catalog and price: "60/854", "£70", and "add" (f. 1, top margin). Robin Jared Stanley Howard (1924-89), C.B.E., patron of ballet and the performing arts (on whom see ODNB), Director General of the Contemporary Dance Trust, for whose benefit it was sold at Sotheby's, 6 December, 1993, lot 51; bought by Fogg; Sam Fogg Rare Books Ltd, with their stock number "1071" (f. 172v); their Catalogue 16 (1995), no. 104 with plate; acquired by the Huntington from Sam Fogg in June 1995.
- Restrictions
- RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
- Dimensions
- 100 x 140 mm
- Associated organization
- Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

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