Genealogical chronicle of Kings of England from Adam to Edward IV — c. 1469–1470; English
MS. Lyell 33
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Genealogical chronicle of Kings of England from Adam to Edward IV — c. 1469–1470; English
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 33
Associated place
England
Place of origin
English
Date
c. 1469–1470
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
On fol. 1v is an initial in plum red and blue on a gold ground infilled with scrolled acanthus leaves and joined to borders of foliage along the top and left sides.
There is also a smaller initial in gold on a plum red and blue ground.
In the middle of the page, in a roundel formed of concentric circles of blue, gold, and red, a miniature of Adam and Eve being tempted by the serpent.
Other initials are gold flourished in brown or blue 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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