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TitleMusic fragment
Reference codeMS839
Date16th century
Scope and ContentSaid to have been removed from a 16th-17th century binding of George Buchanan, Rerum Scoticarum Historia (Edinburgh 1582), now in the University of London Library, on the occasion of its rebinding in 1949. Inscribed on the last leaf in a neat 17th century secretary hand is 'Francis Bacon his booke'.
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Extent1 sheet
Physical description75 mm x 170 mm
Finding aidsSee the description for MS838 in R Watson 'Descriptive list of fragments of medieval manuscripts in the University of London Library' (1976).
The binding of this volume also included a fragment of a missal (MS 838).
Level of descriptionfonds