Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Accession number: 
MS M.826
Title: 
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
Created: 
England, ca. 790-800.
Description: 
1 leaf, (2 columns, 31 lines) : vellum ; 300 x 240 mm
Provenance: 
Trimmed and used in a binding; Sir Thomas Phillipps Collection, no. 36275; purchased by A. Chester Beatty in 1924 (Beatty Catalogue, 1927, v.I, pp. 1-2, pls. I, II); purchased from H.P. Kraus, February 1948.
Notes: 

Ms. single leaf from Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; written and decorated in England, 790-800.
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, lib. III, cap. XXIX-XXX.
Decoration: initials decorated with colored wash.
Contained in brown morocco folder in 3/4 green morocco box.

Script: 
insular minuscule
Language: 
Latin
Classification: