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A Fifteenth-Century Cabalistic Memorandum Formerly in Morgan Ms 775

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2011

M. J. Swanton
M. J. Swanton
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
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Extract

Morgan MS 775 is a volume of various items assembled on behalf of Sir John Astley (ob. 1486), well known during the middle years of the fifteenth century as a leading figure in the tournament field. It comprises various ordinances of chivalry, heralds' regulations and similar items of interest to a gentleman at arms. As commonly in such MSS, blank pages at quire-ends and elsewhere were utilized to copy down brief recipes and other minor memoranda.

Type
Notes and Observations
Information
Harvard Theological Review , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , April 1983 , pp. 259 - 261
Copyright
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1983

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