Manuscript fragment, on vellum, in a single hand, of Book III, verses 1717-1913, of this long narrative poem.
Description:
Decoration: two initials in burnished gold on colored grounds, with foliate sprays., Ex libris Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 23554). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: double columns of 49 lines., and Script: cursive English bookhand.
Subject (Name):
Lydgate, John,--1370?-1451?
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle Engish, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)