Honorius Augustodunensis — 13th century, early; Italian
MS. Lyell 69
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Honorius Augustodunensis — 13th century, early; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 69
Place of origin
Italian
Date
13th century, early
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Decorated initials.
Pen drawings: fol. 1r, King Solomon; fol. 13v, Christ preaching (?); fol. 121v, head of Christ, and a monster; fol. 144r, a bishop, in the border are a monster and a bird. On fols. 56v-57r similar drawings have been coloured, chiefly in deep blue, with pale blue, orange, green, and violet: fol. 56v, miniature of King Solomon on his throne.
fol. 57r, initial with a bishop.
Border of curling foliage.
Smaller initials in red.
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948
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