Brut chronicle (fragment).

Description

Title: Brut chronicle (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1225 and 1275]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: Manuscript fragment, on parchment, of text from a Brut chronicle in Anglo-Norman rhyming octosyllabic couplets
Description: In Anglo-Norman French.
Layout: two columns of 39 lines.
Script: gothic hand.
Decoration: initial C in blue and initial Q in red.
Stained and somewhat worn from use as a pastedown, with some later pen trials.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Martin Schøyen (MS 650). Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 199 mm x 130 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval [England] 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Anglo-Norman literature
Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Chronicles of England
Anglo-Norman literature
Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Schøyen, Martin > Bookplate
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Brut chronicle (fragment) (Takamiya MS 115). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.