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MS. Lyell 74

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fol. 1r, illuminated vinestem initial and borders. Small illuminated vinestem initials at the beginning of each letter. (Pächt and Alexander, ii. 342, pl. XXXII)

History

Origin: c. 1450 ; Italian, Rome (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948

Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from A. de la Mare, Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library Oxford by James P. R. Lyell (1971)
Catalogue, p. 223
Catalogue, p. 224

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2018-06-15: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.