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Brut chronicle
Uniform Title
Chronicles of England.
Title
Brut chronicle.
Created
[England], [ca. 1420-1450]
Physical Description
150 l. : parchment ; 285 x 190 mm
Language
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Notes
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.
Binding: nineteenth-century brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt; armorial binding of the Dukes of Newcastle.
In Middle English.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. Ex libris Duke of Newcastle. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the "common version" of the Brut chronicle.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 25, 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.
Brut Chronicle (Takamiya MS 29). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Brut Chronicle (Takamiya MS 29). 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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