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Names: Giraldus, Cambrensis (1146?-1223?) (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1475 - 1499 (Approximate); Place: [Bourges?] France
Library locations: Spencer Collection; Shelf locator: Spencer Collection Ms. 076
Genres: Manuscripts; Miniatures (Paintings)
Notes: Content: Foliation is incorrect, as it skips the first four folios, thus going to only 104. Here, correct and existing foliation will be given. f.1 has paper page pasted to the outside.; Ownership: Label with unidentified engraved coat of arms on f. i (verso). Purchased for Spencer and accessioned 1947.; Content: Dictionary Catalog. Library dossier.; Content: Blue and gold initials and placemarkers with red or black penwork. Larger blue and red initials on painted fields, accompanying miniatures.; Content: Dated ca.1450 in dossier and catalog.; Content: Catalog attributes this work to Geraldus de Bari, or Geraldus Cambrensis (1146-1221). Note in dossier comments that while this is identified as Joannes Wallensis' "Breviloquium" it is rather an anonymous work which was printed with the "Breviloquium."; Content: Four full-page miniatures representing the four cardinal virtues.
Physical Description: Extent: Ff. i + 108 + ii : 146 x 91 mm.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 06b58d20-c621-012f-2c7f-58d385a7bc34