| Manuscript: Cotton Julius D. VII |
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| British Library, Cotton Julius D. VII | |
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Produced: England [St Alban's Abbey and Wymondham], 1247 - 1258 Language: Latin
Author: John of Wallingford
Binding: Folios: 134 Height: cm Width: cm Manuscript type: Miscellany Location: British Library, London, England, United Kingdom Family: n/a
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Thirty-six miscellaneous texts, mostly in Latin (at least one in English), including on Folio 114r: "Figura rudis et descriptio elephantis invecti in Angliam Ao 1255", a picture and a description of the elephant presented to the king of England in 1255, the first elephant seen in that country. Another illustration of this elephant is found in British Library, Cotton Nero D, I. |
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