Prophetia Anglicana, Merlini Ambrosii Britanni, ex incubo olim (ut hominum fama est) ante annos mille ducentos circiter in Anglia nati, Vaticinia & praedictiones:
Alanus de Insulis (c.1116 - c.1202)
Category
Books
Date
1603
Materials
Place of origin
Frankfurt am Main
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3032446
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 269, [3] p. : port. ; 8vo. Running number: 4131. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "C. & P./" [i.e. "collated and perfect" mark of the bibliophile Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725)]. Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. (60)" [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: seventeenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title and place of publication/date. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Alanus de Insulis (c.1116 - c.1202) Geoffrey of Monmouth (c.1100-c.1155) Bishop of St. Asaph Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100-1154) Bishop of St. Asaph Ioachimus Bratheringius