Brut chronicle, etc
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17480197
Description
- Title
- Brut chronicle, etc
- Published / Created
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment of Fragments of a Brut Chronicle. Begins imperfectly in chapter 36 (Constantine) and has several lacunae. The work ends in chapter 86 (beginning on f. 11r) with the thirty-first year of Edward III. With art. 3) A note (in Latin) stating that King Henry IV was consecrated in 1399 and documenting his descent from Adam. 4) A list (in Latin) of 86 kings (each numbered) from Brutus to Edward III. 5) Names of prisoners captured and killed at the battle of Poitiers (19 Sept. 1356). 6) Terms of the treaty of Bretigny (8 May 1360). 7) Parliamentary text
- Description
-
In Anglo-Norman.
Script: Written in Anglicana bookhand by one scribe.
Decorative initials, blue with red penwork, appear only on ff. 1-12; initial strokes and headings, in red, throughout.
Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Stab sewn to a vellum folder made up of a legal document (trimmed with some loss of text) dated 1766 and involving the manors of Whitechurch and Milbourne in Wiltshire. The outside has an inscription, 19th century, "Some leaves of early English History in Norman French supposed to have come from Malmesbury Abbey." A similar inscription occurs on f. i verso. - Provenance
- Acquired from Henry Fletcher in 1950.
- Extent
- ff. i + 20 + i : 366 x 245 (275 x 165) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 86
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Medieval England 14th 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.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
- England.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Anglo-Norman literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
History - Subjects
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England. Treaties, etc. France, (1360 May 8)
Chronicles of England
Anglo-Norman literature
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Great Britain > History > 14th century
England > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Brut Chronicle, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9800181
- Object ID (OID)
- 17480197
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