(Q22935)

Although the text on the reverse of the cutting is obscured, the rare iconography in the historiated initial suggests that it was removed from a manuscript containing Eusebius's 'Chronici canones.' Eusebius (ca. 275 - 339), bishop of Caesarea, is most well known for writing the early history of the Christian Church. Another of his great works is his 'Chronicle,' which claimed to give the whole...