f. 2v: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 476: Prophecies of Merlin. Annales Anglici a morte Edwardi confessoris ad annum 1274. 14 charters and laws
f. 2v: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 476: Prophecies of Merlin. Annales Anglici a morte Edwardi confessoris ad annum 1274. 14 charters and laws
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f. 2v: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 476: Prophecies of Merlin. Annales Anglici a morte Edwardi confessoris ad annum 1274. 14 charters and laws
A full-page drawing: figures in outline: ground partly coloured: good spirited work, a little rough; some gold is used. Two round-headed arches surmounted by red and brown battlements and turrets. In L. Rex Vortigernus (name in capitals round the arch) throned, cross-legged with sword point upwards. In R. Vates Merlinus, a boy in cloak, tunic, breeches tied at the knees, hose, and shoes, bareheaded: holding a blank scroll and pointing downwards. Below under two low arches a white and a red dragon, each winged and two-legged, face each other. Over the white one on L. is Saxonicus populus hic figuratur, over the other gentes britonum significat