Genealogy of the Kings of England to Edward I and the kings of Scotland to John Balliol — 1292 × 1307; English
MS. Ash. Rolls 50
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Genealogy of the Kings of England to Edward I and the kings of Scotland to John Balliol — 1292 × 1307; English
Shelfmark
MS. Ash. Rolls 50
Associated place
England
Place of origin
English
Date
1292 × 1307
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
roll
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine miniatures (coloured drawings). Incomplete. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 519, pl. XLIX)
Seven medallions (first torn away, second damaged) illustrating the story of Brutus. Seven rows, each containing 14 small medallions with portraits of kings. Seven columns, each filled with small medallions containing portraits of the Anglo-Saxon kings of the Heptarchy. Two rows, each containing 14 small medallions with portraits of kings from Aethelwulf to Edward I. Family tree, illustrated with small medallions containing portraits of the ancestors of Edward I.
Acquisition
Transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1860.
Provenance
Written before the death of Edward I in 1307; the number of his regnal years is not inserted. John Balliol, king of Scotland, 1292–6, is the last Scottish king shown. Closely related to MS. Bodl. Rolls 3.
Elias Ashmole, 1617–1692.
Bequeathed by him to the Ashmolean Museum.
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