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Chronicle of the kings of England
Title
Chronicle of the kings of England.
Created
[England], [ca. 1275, ca. 1435]
Physical Description
1 roll : parchment ; 3376 x 225 mm
Language
English, Middle (1100-1500); Latin
Notes
Layout: single column.
Script: two gothic bookhands.
Decoration: decorative frames around names of kings and families.
Binding: modern case.
In Latin and Middle English.
Provenance
Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript chronicle roll, on parchment, in two hands. The first three membranes contain a late thirteenth-century chronicle in Latin prose on the kings of England from Atheldred to Henry III. The last two membranes contain John Lydgate's Middle English Verses on the kings of England.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 02, 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 35). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Chronicle of the Kings of England (Takamiya MS 35). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 15th century.
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