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Detailed record for Egerton 877
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| Title |
Passion of Margaret |
| Origin |
Italy, N. (Padua?) |
| Date |
3rd quarter of the 14th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
1 large historiated initial with a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 18 small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 2v, 3, 3v (x2), 4v, 5, 6 (x2), 7, 8, 8v, 9, 9v, 10, 11, 11v, 12). Smaller decorated initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. |
| Dimensions in mm |
190 x 133 (120 x 80) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 16 (+ 6 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 31 at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Blind-tooled brown leather. |
| Provenance |
Inscribed in red 'No. 548' (f. 16v).
Bought by the British Museum from Bohn, 24 September 1840 (note on 6th flyleaf), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. |
| Notes |
The miniatures in this manuscript appear to have been damaged by kissing, and it was apparently a Margaret #libellus# that was used as a birthing aid. |
| Select bibliography |
List of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1836-1840 (London: British Museum, 1843), no. Eg. 877. |
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f. 5v
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f. 6
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f. 6v
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f. 7
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f. 7v
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f. 8
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f. 8v
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f. 9
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f. 9v
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f. 10
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f. 10v
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f. 11
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f. 11v
Miniature |
f. 12
Miniature |
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