| Manuscript: Cotton Nero D. i |
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British Library, Cotton Nero D. i (Liber Additamentorum) |
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Produced: England (St Albans), 1250-1254 Language: Latin
Author: Matthew Paris
Binding: Folios: 200 Height: cm Width: cm Manuscript type: Miscellany Location: British Library, London, England, United Kingdom Family: n/a
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"Liber admodum praeclarus, et summa cum cura et diligentia versandus. ... Historia de Offa primo et secundo: cum figuris in summa pagina per Matthaeum Parisiensem, qui hunc librum coenobio S. Albani dono contulisse fertur in rubricis." Includes on folio 169v an illustration of the elephant given to Henry III by King Louis IX of France, the first elephant seen in England. "Figura elephantis invecti in Angliam." Another illustration of this animal is found in British Library, Cotton Julius D. VII. [Adapted in part from the British Library catalog] |
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