Identity area
Reference code
JCOL/Q/B/9
Title
Egidius Romanus de regimine principium
Date(s)
- 1400-1500 (James states that the border of f. 1 - in blue, gold and red - is later in style than the rest or the ornamental work.) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 volume 9+ x 6+ in., 262 ff. in double columns of 32 lines vellum
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Formerly in the library of Charles V of France, then owned by -- Peart, then Sir Edward Dyer, then John Barker; finally given to the Library by Francis Hughes, Esquire Bedell, 17 Dec. 1633. There is an old press-mark: "Classis 2dae dextrae lib: 51"
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On the rule of princes, by Aegidius Columna (Aegidius Romanus); M. R. James's no. 26. James identifies it as English work. The text is ornamented fleur-de-lys and demi fleur-de lys, and at f. 1 is a miniature showing the Descent of the Holy Spirit as a dove; there is a coat of arms in the lower margin. James judges this miniature of inferior quality and it has been partially erased. Some marginal notes appear.