Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras
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Fol. 30r. detail, Depicted person: Merlin. This illustration shows the construction of
Stonehenge by a giant with the assistance of Merlin. It is the oldest known illustration of Stonehenge.
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between 1325 and 1350
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Narcissus Luttrell (d. 1732), annalist, by 1693: his monogram and date (f. 1v).
Bought by the British Museum from W. C. Pendarves, 10 July 1920 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829).
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