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The Life and Miracles of St Cuthbert (© British Library)
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© British Library

The Life and Miracles of St Cuthbert (© British Library) The Life and Miracles of St Cuthbert (© British Library)

The Life and Miracles of St Cuthbert

Artist: Medieval

Location: British Library

Date: 1175 - 1200

Dimensions: 13 x 9 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £5,000)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 292 (1920)

Provenance:
Sir John Lawson, Yates Thomson.

Description:
The St. Cuthbert manuscript. A volume of 150 leaves and 45 miniatures of which 10 leaves and an additional miniature are missing. The miniatures illustrate Bede's 'Life and Miracles of St Cuthbert' and two chapters from his 'Ecclesiastical History'.

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