Brut chronicle, etc
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brut chronicle, etc
14464099
Description
- Title
- Brut chronicle, etc
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1450]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment (thick) of 1) Notes on the baronial Clare family of Gloucester, in chart format, from a manuscript contemporary with or slightly earlier than the main text (art. 3). Name of the appropriate King of England appears on the left in a red circle [concludes with King Edward IV, 1327-77], and a short history of certain members of the Clare family are added on the right. 2) Genealogical tree, added between 1450 and 1500, establishing the claims of King Edward IV (1461-83) to the kingdoms of England, France, Castile and Leon. 3) Brut Chronicle, up to 1419, but the final leaf of text has been torn out
- Description
-
In Middle English.
Script: Written by a single scribe in neat Anglicana formata. Running titles and marginal notes added by later hands.
Illuminated initial, 6-line, on f. 1r, pink on gold ground, with blue, green, and pink acanthus leaves, and white highlights; full bar-border with swirling acanthus leaves in same colors as for initial; black hair-spray in outer margins. Heading and chapter numbers in red. Small initials, 2-line, blue with red flourishes, for most chapters. Paragraph marks alternate red and blue.
Parchment is well thumbed and worn, especially f. 1r; some loss of text.
Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Covered in brown calf, blind-tooled, with a brick-colored, gold-tooled label, probably a later addition. - Provenance
- Purchased from Van Sinderen in 1964 as a gift of the Yale Library Associates.
- Extent
- ff. ii + ii + 156 + ii : 322 x 224 (210 x 132) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 323
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
-
Clare family.
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483. - Subject (Topic)
-
English literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
History - Subjects
-
Clare family
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Chronicles of England
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Great Britain > History > 1066-1687
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Brut Chronicle, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9787316
- Object ID (OID)
- 14464099
Manifest Link
