Chronicle of the kings of England

Description

Title: Chronicle of the kings of England
Contributor: Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Published / Created: [ca. 1275, ca. 1435]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript chronicle roll, on parchment, in two hands. The first three membranes contain a late thirteenth-century chronicle in Latin prose on the kings of England from Atheldred to Henry III. The last two membranes contain John Lydgate's Middle English Verses on the kings of England
Description: In Latin and Middle English.
Layout: single column.
Script: two gothic bookhands.
Decoration: decorative frames around names of kings and families.
Binding: modern case.
Provenance: Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 roll : 3376 mm x 225 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)
Latin

Genre: Chronology
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 (Topic): English literature
English poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Kings and rulers
Subjects: English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Chronology
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Chronicle of the Kings of England (Takamiya MS 35). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.