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The Sherborne Chartulary (© British Library)
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© British Library

The Sherborne Chartulary

Artist: Medieval

Location: British Library

Date: 1146

Materials: parchment

Grant:

Amount Paid: £800 (Total: £3,800)

Vendor: W H Robinson

Review number: 1467 (1947)

Provenance:
Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps.

Description:
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.

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