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Description: | At the suggestion of St Augustine, Paulus Orosius, wrote the first universal Christian history, finishing it in 418. It is divided into seven books: the first covers the period from the Creation and the Flood to the founding of Rome, and much of the remainder concentrates on Rome. This manuscript (which also contains others historical works) was probably written at, and certainly owned by, the Cistercian abbey at Rievaulx, Yorkshire.
Book IV is introduced by this blue initial 'A', very similar to the 'A' on f.26 and the blue initial on f.2v. The similarities of style throughout the volume suggest that all the initials were executed by a single artist. | 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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