RARE PIECE OF VELLUM
A missing fragment of what is known as the Auchinleck Manuscript, written in 1290, has been discovered by chance in the library of St. Andrews University; for two centuries it had formed part of the vellum binding of one of the books there.
11l the Auchinleck version of the Middle English romance of Richard Coeur ae Lion there is a gap from line 1928 to line 2593, and as the newly-discovered fragment extends from line 2076 to line 2426 it helps to complete the old romance. The long-lost fragment of vellum has been sent to the Bodleian Library for expert cleaning and restoration but some parts are so indistinct that violet ray photographs will probably have to be taken to make the faint writing -legible.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 7, 4 July 1949, Page 5
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129RARE PIECE OF VELLUM Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 7, 4 July 1949, Page 5
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