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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [between 1440 and 1460]
Call number: mssEL 34 C 9 (EL 1121)
Provenance: A note, s. XV, on f. 37v "Dominus Nicholaus" may refer to an owner or to the Trevet text completed on f. 37 recto. The 2 parts were probably brought together by the time John Egerton (1622-86), 2nd Earl of Bridgewater wrote the early Bridgewater pressmark on f. 2, "M:1/3." Additional Bridgewater pressmarks "34 C 9" and "1121" (corrected from 512) were given at a later date and are still in use. Acquired by Henry E. Huntington with the Bridgewater Library in 1917.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 223 x 294 mm
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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