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London, British Library, Or. 650

London, British Library · Or. 650

15th, 18th & 19th centuriesIllumination & ornamentKarlsson, Gnisci & Dege-Müller handlist (Aethiopica 26)

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Miniature, headpiece and illuminated-table inventories transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist; only the field labels in front of them are added here.

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Miniatures: (1) St George of Lydda, fol. 7v. Headpieces: fols 11vb (tailpiece), 18r, 39ra, 66rb.

Original catalogue wording

Miniatures: (1) St George of Lydda, fol. 7v. Headpieces: fols 11vb (tailpiece), 18r, 39ra, 66rb.

Miniature, headpiece and illuminated-table inventories transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist; only the field labels in front of them are added here.

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    Miniatures: (1) St George of Lydda, fol. 7v.

    Handlist field transcribed without geographic or stylistic inference.

  2. 02
    Headpieces: fols 11vb (tailpiece), 18r, 39ra, 66rb.

    Handlist field transcribed without geographic or stylistic inference.

Source date
1441–c.1458 (internal evidence, Unit 1); 1750–1868 (palaeography, historical evidence, Unit 2); 1700–1800 (palaeography, Unit 3).
Date evidence
Dating and evidence qualifiers transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist.
Holding institution
London, British Library
Shelfmark
Or. 650
Catalogue source
Karlsson, Gnisci & Dege-Müller handlist (Aethiopica 26)
Source record
Jonas Karlsson, Jacopo Gnisci, and Sophia Dege-Müller, Aethiopica 26 (2023), 159–225, handlist XXV