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Chronicle of the kings of England
Title
Chronicle of the kings of England.
Created
[England], [ca. 1450-1500]
Physical Description
1 roll : parchment ; 2350 x 187 mm
Language
English, Middle (1100-1500); Latin
Notes
Layout: single column.
Script: English cursive bookhand.
Decoration: numerous roundels containing crowns.
Binding: modern case.
In Middle English, with a small addition in Latin.
Provenance
Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment, in a single hand, of the complete text of this anonymous verse chronicle. This version includes a brief chronicle in Latin prose.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
November 27, 2013
References
A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graff, 2010, pp. 421-437.
Chronicle of the Kings of England (Takamiya MS 52). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Chronicle of the Kings of England (Takamiya MS 52). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 15th century.
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