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Detailed record for Egerton 612
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| Title |
Miracles of the Virgin in verse, imperfect; Romance of Pope Gregory; La vie du Pape Saint Gregoire (ff. 75v-96), Le Roman des Romans |
| Origin |
England |
| Date |
1st half of the 13th century |
| Language |
French |
| Script |
Gothic, written above top line |
| Decoration |
Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or in red with blue or brown penwork decoration pen-flourishing. |
| Dimensions in mm |
190 x 135 (145 x 100) in two columns |
| Official foliation |
ff. 98 ( + 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
Translated by 'Willame' or 'Adgar' from a Latin collection: text (f. 2v).
William Bentham of Gower Street: inscription (f. iii verso).
Bought by the British Museum in 1836, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
| Select bibliography |
List of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1836-1840 (London: British Museum, 1843), 1836, p. 43.
H. L. D. Ward and J. A. Herbert, Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1883-1910), II (1893), 708-17 [with additional bibliography].
M. Dominica Legge, Anglo-Norman Literature and its Background (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963), p. 181.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 116. |
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