1. Add MS 12117 B
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12117 B
- Title:
- Record of the Capture of Ravenna
- Scope & Content:
- Purporting to be a record of the capture of the city of Ravenna from the Lombards by Paul, Exarch of Ravenna, with the aid of theVenetians and Bolognese, in the year 724. The inscription forms an actual portion of the Chronicon Venetum, but it is unclear whether the chronicler quotes from this table...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 724
- Extent:
- Latin inscription upon a lamina of lead, in shape and rudely rectangular; consisting of seventeen lines in capital letters. Originally inscribed upon a lamina of lead hammered to a very thing leaf, and from its appearance in 1872, not as pure as the others of the series. At the time, it was remarked that it was very much oxidized by the action of the air, and glued to a piece of card for security.