Brut chronicle

Description

Title: Brut chronicle
Alternative Title: Chronicles of England
Published / Created: [ca. 1420-1450]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the "common version" of the Brut chronicle
Description: In Middle English.
Annotations in red crayon probably by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Layout: single columns of 36 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: numerous two-line initials in burnished gold or in blue ink with red penwork.
Binding: nineteenth-century brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt; armorial binding of the Dukes of Newcastle.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. Ex libris Duke of Newcastle. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 volume (150 leaves) : 285 mm x 190 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): English literature
English prose literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575 > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Brut Chronicle (Takamiya MS 29). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.