A Newly Discovered Fragment of William Caxton's Ordinale

Abstract This note discusses the find of a hitherto unknown leaf from William Caxton's Ordinale seu Pica ad usum Sarum at the University of Reading Special Collections Service. It provides a bibliographical analysis of the leaf and explores its provenance. It concludes with a semi-diplomatic tr...

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Published inLibrary Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 518 - 527
Main Author Delbecque, Erika
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Oxford University Press 01.12.2020
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
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Caxton, William (1422-1491)
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Summary:Abstract This note discusses the find of a hitherto unknown leaf from William Caxton's Ordinale seu Pica ad usum Sarum at the University of Reading Special Collections Service. It provides a bibliographical analysis of the leaf and explores its provenance. It concludes with a semi-diplomatic transcription, with reference to BL Add. MS 25456, the only known surviving manuscript copy of the text.
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ISSN:0024-2160
1744-8581
DOI:10.1093/library/21.4.518