Peter Lombard — 13th century, late; French (?)
MS. Lyell 14
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Peter Lombard — 13th century, late; French (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 14
Place of origin
French (?)
Date
13th century, late
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
One painted initial survives at the beginning of book III (fol. 147): it is in pink, on a blue and pink ground with some geometrical decoration in straps of pink and decorated with spots of gold; on fols. 2r, 4v, 7v, 9v and 12r, initials in blue and red flourished in red and blue, other initials red flourished in blue or blue in red penwork.
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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