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Description: | Peter Comestor (i.e. Peter the Eater, a nickname given to him because of his voracious appetite for knowledge) wrote the 'Historia Scholastica' in Paris in about 1170. It is a continuous history, from Creation until the end of the Acts of the Apostles, based mainly on the narrative books of the Bible. This copy was written for the Benedictine nunnery of the Virgin Mary and St. Helen, Elstow (Bedfordshire).
The start of the narrative of the Acts of the Apostles is marked by a large decorated initial 'A'. A marginal addition has been enclosed in a vase-shaped frame. | 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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