Chronicle of England (Brut Chronicle) to 1461 — c. 1461; English
MS. Lyell 34
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Chronicle of England (Brut Chronicle) to 1461 — c. 1461; English
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 34
Associated place
England
Place of origin
English
Date
c. 1461
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fol. 1 pink initial on gold ground joined to bar border framing the text with acanthus leaves in pink, blue, orange, and green and pen scrolling with small gold and green flowers and leaves, rubbed. Other initials gold on decorated blue and pink grounds with sprays of pen scrolling and small gold and green flowers and leaves. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1066)
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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