Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the "common version" of the Brut chronicle
Alternative Title:
Chronicles of England
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., and Binding: nineteenth-century brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt; armorial binding of the Dukes of Newcastle.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
