RE: VMs: Ryland 228

["GC" <glenclaston@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nick, thanks for the info, and if you have time by the end of the
summer, I'll owe you a big one.

You've obviously viewed your share of manuscripts, so I'm going to
toss something out and see what you think -

Brown ink is nothing new by this time, but after viewing
descriptions of many many manuscripts, I'm left with the distinct
impression that brown ink was not a "top shelf" item.  It seems to
have been used by a lot of monks, and I've also found several
alchemical manuscripts in brown ink.  It seems to be far more
common to find epistles and letters written in brown ink than
manuscripts.  I haven't found another herbal written in brown
ink - yet.

The description of Ryland 228 says that it is a collection of
religious papers as well as a small herbal written in brown ink -
very interesting.  The collection is from Yorkshire, late 15th to
early 16th century, right in my time frame, my location and my ink
of interest.  Ascham's Sacro Bosco manuscript is also written in
brown ink.  It may be nothing, but I'm hoping I can find a match
in the handwriting, and although the description doesn't say the
herbal is illustrated, I'm certainly hoping it is.

GC



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>
> Hi GC,
>
> At 18:28 13/05/2003 -0500, GC wrote:
> >Not to press, but have you had time to view this
> manuscript, or is
> >the location of the manuscript out of your range of
> travel?  How
> >do I request a copy of this?  My goal is to shut down
> the VMS list
> >by the end of the year, and while yet another Ascham manuscript
> >may be nice historically, it's not all that critical.  I'd just
> >like to know for certain if it is one of his.
>
> Unfortunately, I haven't been able to manufacture an
> excuse to go into the
> British Library over the last few weeks - much to my
> annoyance, my
> Things-To-Do list keeps filling up fractally. :-(
>
> Photocopying at the BL is only allowed on non-fragile
> items (and is subject
> to the normal copyright limits), and I guess C16 MSS
> are unlikely to fall
> in that category - so I guess getting someone to act as
> your proxy (ie
> examine it on your behalf) is just about your only option.
>
> Is anyone else here planning to drop by the BL?
>
> Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....
>
>
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