Extent: 3; fragment a, 265 x 95 mm; fragment b, 295 x 120 mm; fragment c, 175 x 205 mm; parchment
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Layout: Fragments of leaves from a manuscript written in two columns of thirty-six lines; frame-ruled in faint ink with double horizontal bounding lines; written area on full leaves: 200 x 131 mm Script: Gothic--anglicana Decoration: Historiated initial of King Constantine (Fragment A), seven lines, with foliate extensions; three-line illuminated initial in gold on pink and blue ground (fol. 51v); one-line initials throughout alternating between blue flourished with red and gold flourished with text ink Provenance: Formerly framed and backed with newspaper clippings from The Sun (London) dated 12 March 1934 and pages from a December 1933 catalogue of the Chelsea Auction Rooms, Ltd.
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