The Sherborne Chartulary

Medieval

British Library

1146

12th century illuminated manuscript Romanesque in style and Byzantine in iconography. A collection of royal charters etc. relating to the lands and privileges of the Benedictine Abbey at Sherborne in Dorset. Written in Latin and Anglo-Saxon.

• Medium: parchment
• Art Fund Grant: £800 ( Total: £3,800)
• ArtFunded in: 1947
• Vendor: W H Robinson

Provenance

Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps.

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