Ms. roll. Origin: Written and illustrated in England, probably London, soon after the accession of Edward IV in 1461. Title supplied by cataloger. Decoration: 3 large roundels with tinted drawings of Adam and Eve, a T-O or tau world map, and Noah's ark (membrane 1); 3 mandorlas with tinted drawings of full-length figures (Brut, membrane 2; Claudius and Lucius, membrane 5; Arthur, membrane 7); 14 medium roundels of bust-length kings and queens in color in frames of burnished gold linked by bands of burnished gold following a full-length... Script: Written in an anglicana hand. Incipit: "Temporum summam lineamque descendentem ... " (prologue from Roger of Wendover's Flores historiae); explicit: "Et tunc dominus Ricardus dux Ebor regens nationem francie." Formerly in the collection of Cornelius J. Hauck, given to the Cincinnati Historical Society in 1966. Previously sold by Philip Duchnes (New York). Sold by Sam Fogg (London), 2007. Sold at auction at Christie's (New York) as part of the Hauck Collection, 2006.
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