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Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras
Description
Fol. 30r. detail, Depicted person: Merlin. This illustration shows the construction of Stonehenge by a giant with the assistance of Merlin. It is the oldest known illustration of Stonehenge.
Date between 1325 and 1350
date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1325-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium illumination on parchment
Dimensions height: 12 cm (4.7 in); width: 20 cm (7.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,12.U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,20.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
Egerton 3028
Object history

Narcissus Luttrell (d. 1732), annalist, by 1693: his monogram and date (f. 1v).

Bought by the British Museum from W. C. Pendarves, 10 July 1920 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829).
Source/Photographer http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=11718
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