Historiated initials from BL Eg 3277, f. 38

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Historiated initials from BL Eg 3277, f. 38

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Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'D'(eus) of the burial of Saul, 'E'(xaudi), of two men approaching a city, at the beginning of Psalms 53 and 54. Image taken from f. 38 of Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect. Written in Latin and Anglo-Norman (one folio).

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.

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1350
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