Shelfmark
P.Rox.1928
Title
The Guthlac roll : scenes from the life of St. Guthlac of Crowland by a twelfth-century artist / reproduced from Harley roll Y. 6 in the British Museum ; with introduction by Sir George Warner.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, MCMXXVIII [1928].
Physical description
[8], 23 p., [25] plates : facsims. ; 29 cm.
Series statement
(Roxburghe Club)
Note
Plates XIX-XXV are facsimiles of the drawings on the back of the roll depicting scenes from I Samuel, chapter I-VI, and are of a later date than the Guthlac series. cf. p. 20.
Note
Presented to the club by George Frederic Warner.
Note
Facsimile.
Note
Dark brown leather half-binding with boards covered in paper.
Provenance
M. R. James's copy.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Subject
Guthlac, 673? - 714 Saint,
Subject
Bible Illustrations.
Subject
Art, Medieval.
Subject
Manuscripts, English Facsimiles.
Added entry--name
Warner, George F., 1845 - 1936 (George Frederic), Sir, editor.
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--name
British Museum (Harley roll Y. 6)
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Identifier
B44581