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Rervm anglicarvm scriptores post Bedam praecipvi

William, of Malmesbury, ca. 1090-1143, Henry, of Huntingdon, 1084?-1155, Roger, of Hoveden, d. ca. 1201, Ethelwerd, d. 998?, Ingulf, 1030?-1109, Savile, Henry, Sir, 1549-1622, ed. edt, Bishop, George, d. 1611, printer. prt, Newbery, Ralph, d. 1604, printer. prt, Barker, Robert, d. 1645, printer. prt · 1596 · Londoni : excudebant G. Bishop, R. Nyberie, & R. Barker · 128 pictures

A 1596 London edition of Anglo-Latin chronicles by William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, Roger of Hoveden and Ethelwerd, printed for a scholarly readership of Latin-reading historians. Its pictures are four woodcut decorative initial letters, each a large capital I built from interlaced scrolls, foliage, and small grotesque faces, with the outer frame lines and a faint text ghost showing through the paper, offering a designer period ornament for display capitals.

Ingulf, 1030?-1109

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