LEADER 05160ctm a22006255i 4500001 99108870093506421 005 20221220103554.0 008 180712s1450 enk 000 1 enm d 035 (NjP)10887009-princetondb 035 (OCoLC)on1091908295 035 |z(NjP)Voyager10887009 040 NjP |beng |eamremm |cNjP 041 7 eng |2iso639-3 130 0 Sultan of Babylon. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90700720 245 10 [Sowdon of Babyloyne] 246 18 Romaunce of the Sowdon of Babylon MS. 246 3 Sowdone of Babyloyne 264 0 [England] ; |c[approximately 1450]. 300 41 leaves : |bparchment ; |c268 x 192 mm (200 x 105 mm) 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Ms. codex. 520 An anonymous Middle English romance in 3,274 lines, written in East Midland dialect and translated from an Anglo-Norman text that survives in the British Library in London, Egerton MS. 3028. The text belongs to a group of Charlemagne romances concerning the Saracen Fierabras or Firumbras and the destruction of Rome. 546 In Middle English. 500 Title from printed catalog. 500 Layout: written in 38-41 long lines; partial frame ruling in light brown ink; single left vertical bounding line; parchment leaves of different sizes throughout. 500 Script: Secretary. Strapwork flourishes on first line of colophon (fol. 41r), early annotation in brown ink (fol. 17r). 500 Decoration: None. Guide letters for unexecuted initials, beginning with space for a 6-line initial G on fol. 1r and space left for 3-line initials for minor divisions. 530 Also available in an electronic version. 563 Bound in England, probably in the late 18th century, in one quarter-calf and marbled paper (blue, red, and ochre) over pasteboards; rebacked; with spine title: “The romaunce of the Sowdon of Babylon MS.” 561 Early provenance unknown. In the late 16th or early 17th century, the manuscript was owned by John Eleye (probably a variant of the surname Eley or Ely), as attested on fol. 41v (“this is John Eleyes boke / witnes by John staff”). Above this inscription on fol. 41v are the names “thomas” and “maud” in a 17th-century hand. At the end of the 18th century, the manuscript was in the possession of Rev. Richard Farmer (1735-1797) and after his death, it was sold at a London auction in 1798, and purchased by George Steevens (1736-1800). Throughout the 19th century, the manuscript passed through the hands of several owners including Octavius Graham Gilchrist (1779-1823), Richard Heber (1773-1833), Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), Rev. John Edward Addison Fenwick and his wife Katherine. In 1898, it was acquired by the antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch at a Sotheby's sale in London. Quaritch later sold it to Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, who donated it to Princeton University Library in 1942. 541 Gift; |cof Robert Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897, |d1942. 524 Garrett MS. 140, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. 510 4 Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, |cpages 322-324 510 4 Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, |cvolume 1, page 893 600 00 Charlemagne, |cEmperor, |d742-814 |vRomances. 650 0 English literature |yMiddle English, 1100-1500 |vEarly works to 1800. 650 0 Manuscripts, English (Middle) |zNew Jersey |zPrinceton. 655 7 Manuscripts |zEngland |y15th century. |2aat 655 7 Romances. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026517 655 7 Fiction. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 700 1 Eleye, John, |eformer owner. 700 1 Farmer, Richard, |d1735-1797, |eformer owner. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88085791 700 1 Steevens, George, |d1736-1800, |eformer owner. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50023630 700 1 Gilchrist, Octavius, |d1779-1823, |eformer owner. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85134978 700 1 Heber, Richard, |d1773-1833, |eformer owner. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90022989 700 1 Phillipps, Thomas, |cSir, |d1792-1872, |eformer owner. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50078542 700 1 Fenwick, John Edward Addison, |d1824-1848, |eformer owner. 700 1 Fenwick, Katherine Somerset Wyttyenbach, |d1823-1916, |eformer owner. 700 1 Garrett, Robert, |d1875-1961, |edonor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93014294 710 2 Bernard Quaritch (Firm), |ebookseller. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84093217 710 2 Princeton University. |bLibrary. |kManuscript. |nGarrett MS. 140. 773 0 |tRobert Garrett Collection. 856 41 |uhttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/db78th02c