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Description: | Matthew Paris was born c.1200, and was a monk of St Alban's Abbey from 1217 until his death in 1259; he was a prolific chronicler of national and local events, and several manuscripts in his own handwriting survive. His interests as a writer and artist included heraldry, natural history, ancient gems, and cartography.
This is the first page of a copy of Matthew's own manuscript of 'The Flowers of History', a history of the world from the Creation to the year 1251. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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