Rule of the Order of Santiago del Espada — 15th century; Spanish
MS. Lyell 90
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Rule of the Order of Santiago del Espada — 15th century; Spanish
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 90
Place of origin
Spanish
Date
15th century
Language
Spanish
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Initials red or blue with pen flourishes in violet or green. On fol. 1r a crude initial in silver and gold and an unfinished border of foliage, added 16th-17th century, drawn in ink, washed in yellow, and partly coloured red. (Pächt and Alexander i. 889)
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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