Swan Marks, vol I
Title
Swan Marks, vol I
Date
mid 20th century
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
Quarto.
Half leather binding, tan, with red boards.
Half leather binding, tan, with red boards.
Scope and content
Inside front cover ‘Swan-marks/ Vol. I / Revised version’.
At beginning, list of contents of vols I-IX.
This volume contains full descriptions and analysis of three British Library (formerly British Museum) rolls: Add. MS 6301; Add. MS 23732; Add. MS 4977.
Lists and illustrates marks using a personal (Ticehurst) system – thus within BL Add MS 6301 each mark given a unique number according to place on page, eg ‘6301.36.B3’.
A name index (of owners of swan marks) at end of volume.
Illustrations include:
Drawings and ‘sketch-facsimile’ drawings of swan marks, including some in colours, for example from BL Add. MS 23732.
At beginning, list of contents of vols I-IX.
This volume contains full descriptions and analysis of three British Library (formerly British Museum) rolls: Add. MS 6301; Add. MS 23732; Add. MS 4977.
Lists and illustrates marks using a personal (Ticehurst) system – thus within BL Add MS 6301 each mark given a unique number according to place on page, eg ‘6301.36.B3’.
A name index (of owners of swan marks) at end of volume.
Illustrations include:
Drawings and ‘sketch-facsimile’ drawings of swan marks, including some in colours, for example from BL Add. MS 23732.
Creator
Ticehurst, Norman Frederic (1873-1969), surgeon, ornithologist and historian of swan marks
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/819/4-13