Swan marks, a book of illustrations of swan marks and the regulations for their employment
Overview
A book of illustrations of swan marks and the regulations for their employment.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1558
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume : Binding: 19th century straight-grain morocco, brown with gold rules and flowers on spine. Material: Preliminary pages and index: paper. Illustrations: parchment. Pagination: [16]p., p. 1-50 [51-79]; pages 7-18, 27-32 wanting. ; 265 cm x 213 cm
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
pages [1-6] The order for Swannes pages [7-8] blank pages [9-14] The order for Swannes [transcript of pages 106, 18th [19th century] pages [15-16] blank pages 1-50 Illustrations of swan-marks, identified. pages 7-18, 27-32 wanting. page [51] Illustration of swan-marks, unidentified p [52] blank pages [53-79] index of owners
Physical Location
MS D43
Custodial History
Ralph M. Ellis, Jr.; Jeptha Foster, died 1817; John May Bromehead; E.A. Bromehead
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Ellis, 1948?
General
Memoir on the regulations anciently precribed in regard to swans...and on an original book of swan-marks, from the volume of Proceeding of the Archaeological Institute, at the annual meetin in Lincoln, 1848.
- Title
- Guide to the Swan Marks Codex Collection
- Subtitle
- Swan marks, a book of illustrations of swan marks and the regulations for their employment
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by am, 1961; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0068259395
- Preferred citation
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Swan Marks Codex Collection, Department of Special Collections, MS D43, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository