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
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