Similar
Foliate initial from BL Royal 10 A XVIII, f. 1
Image from BL Eg 1146, f. 39 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image from BL Eg 1146, f. 77 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image from BL Eg 1146, f. 70 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 7184, f. 1
Antiphonal : in Latin, illuminated manuscript
Historiated initial and border from BL Harley 5261, f. 1
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 1705, f. 6
Large initials from BL Royal 6 B IV, f. 1
Related
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, f. 229
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, f. 141
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, f. 143
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, f. 88
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, f. 89
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, f. 5v
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, ff. 92v-93
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, ff. 146v-147
Headpiece from BL Eg 2808, f. 236
Headpiece from BL Eg 3045, f. 233
Summary
Foliate headpiece and border with interlace decoration. Image taken from f. 233 of Russian Gospels, with prologues, and a menology and lectional tables (ff. 295-315), and related material. Written in Russian/Slavonic.
The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, was a lawyer, statesman, and patron of the arts during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England. He served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor of England, holding high positions in the legal and political realms.
Sir Thomas Egerton acquired a substantial number of historical and literary manuscripts. In 1617, shortly before his death, Sir Thomas Egerton bequeathed his collection of manuscripts to the British Museum, which was the precursor to the British Library.