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Western Manuscripts & Miniatures, 1986-06-24

 Item — Box: Sotheby's, Folder: 349
Identifier: Item 1

Scope and Contents

London (The only surviving portion of the illustrated Verse of Life of St. Thomas Becket attributed to Matthew Paris, St. Albans or Westminster, c.1230-40; a Book of Hours with seventeen large miniatures by the Boucicaut Master, Paris, c.1415; Henry VII's copy of the Statutes of the Golden Fleece, Flanders, c.1491; one volume of the Grammont Abbey Bible, Flanders, c.1200, and a glossed Apocalypse, Italy, early thirteenth-century; English manuscripts including a Wycliffite Gospel Book from Lichfield and a Sarum Processional; and the Yonan Codex, once reputed to be the oldest Bible in existence.)

Dates

  • created: 1986-06-24

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 621 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
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