The initials in the top medallion of membrane 1 may refer to Henry VII, King of England (r. 1485-1509) Layout: Double columns in the form of a genealogical tree; pricking visible on both sides of the roll; blind ruled Script: Gothic Decoration: Burnished gold initials with sprays of stylized foliage extending into upper and left borders at the top of membrane 1; genealogical tree in red and green; blue and red initials throughout Related resource: Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C. U. Faye, continued and edited by W. H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), p. 450, no. 13. Related resource: Monroe, William H. "A Roll-Manuscript of Peter of Poitiers' Compendium." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 3 (March 1978): 92-107. Provenance: J. and J. Leighton, London (cat. 19, no. 344, plate IV); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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