Brut Chronicle
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Description
- Title
- Brut Chronicle
- Published / Created
- mid 14th century
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of the Brut Chronicle, up to 1333.
- Description
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Binding: 18th century. Brown, mottled calf with a gold-tooled spine and a red label.
In Anglo-Norman.
In Part II, Crude initials, 2-line, alternate red with purple penwork designs and blue with red, many with three-leaf clover design in body of letter.
Script: The codex is composed of two distinct parts that were early on bound together. Part I (ff. 1-16): Written in delicate Anglicana bookhand. Running titles, trimmed. Part II (ff. 17-74): Written in bold Anglicana bookhand.
Worn, stained, and repaired throughout. - Extent
- ff. i + 74 + i : parchment ; 182 x 145 (160 x 118) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 405
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Topic)
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Anglo-Norman literature
Chronicles of England
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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Brut Chronicle. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 405.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9734476
- Object ID (OID)
- 2013489
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms405.htm