John Halgrin of Abbeville — 13th century, first half; English
MS. Lyell 6
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
John Halgrin of Abbeville — 13th century, first half; English
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 6
Place of origin
English
Date
13th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
On fol. 7, foliage initial in red, blue, and green on a square yellow-brown background outlined in green. Other initials: red flourished in blue or blue in red. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 311)
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
St Osyth, Essex, Augustinian abbey of St Peter, St Paul, and St Osyth: 'Iste liber pertinet monasterio sancte Osythe' on verso of last leaf, s. xv/xvi, erased, but legible by a u.v. light. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Mostyn MS. 92. (MLGB3)
James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948
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