Text in gothic script in black ink; large black calligraphic initials; coats of arms in red, blue, ocher, black, and white. Two vellum sheets have been joined to form the roll, with upper and lower ends sewn to wooden dowels; polished wooden knobs on each end of dowel allow ms. to be rolled and unrolled. Guard sheets of Japanese tissue and glassine; ms. rolled in brown cloth clamshell box, with gold-stamped box title: "Genealogical roll of the kings of England and France and the dukes of Burgundy, with their coats of arms finely emblazoned. France. c. 1465."
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