File:BLEgerton3028Fol30rStonehenge.jpg
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Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras |
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Description |
Fol. 30r. Depicted person: Merlin. This illustration shows the construction of Stonehenge by a giant with the assistance of Merlin. It is the oldest known illustration of Stonehenge. |
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Date |
between 1325 and 1350 date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1325-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | illumination on parchment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 12 cm (4.7 in); width: 20 cm (7.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,12.U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,20.0U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q23308 |
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Accession number |
Egerton 3028 |
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Object history |
Narcissus Luttrell (d. 1732), annalist, by 1693: his monogram and date (f. 1v). Bought by the British Museum from W. C. Pendarves, 10 July 1920 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
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Source/Photographer | http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=11718 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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current | 14:26, 14 March 2007 | 789 × 1,385 (162 KB) | Dsmdgold (talk | contribs) | Folio 30r of British Library, Egerton 3028, a manuscript of English chronicles including an abrevitated version the ''Brut'' by Wace. This illustration shows the construction of Stonehenge with the assistance of Merlin] and is theoldest known illu |
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