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Roman de Brut; English poem on geography; etc
Title
Roman de Brut; English poem on geography; etc.
Created
England, [between 1400 and 1500]
Physical Description
ff. i + i + 203 + i + i : paper and parchment ; 215 x 145 mm.
Language
French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Notes
Script: Copied by two hands: Section I is in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Libraria (Anglicana); Section II, including the explicit formula of art. 3 on f. 118v, is in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary).
The decoration of Section I consists of 2- or 3-line flourished initials, blue with red penwork. On ff. 1r and 5r (artt. 1 and 3) 5-line flourished initials in the same colours. In Section II art. 4 is decorated with 2-line flourished initials in the same colours but of a different style, with marginal extensions; at the beginning (f. 119r) a 3-line flourished initial in gold with purple penwork; in art. 4 also red headings and red or blue paragraph-marks. Artt. 4-5 are undecorated.
Binding: Twentieth century. Dark blue velvet by C. Lewis. On the spine the 19th-century brown leather title-label has been pasted with the gold-tooled inscription: "LES VEULZ CRONIKES D'ANGLETRE APPELLEZ LE BRUTE - PLUSEURS AUTRES NOUELLES CRONIKES - MS. IN MEMBRANIS". At the bottom of the spine small paper label with printed number 3338. Gilt edges.
In Anglo-Norman, English, and Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Collection of Norman Holmes Pearson, Yale 1932, MS 272. Bequest of Norman Holmes Pearson, 1976.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper and parchment (trimmed) of 1) Grantz Geantz, a poem explaining the origin of the Giants that occupied England before the arrival of Brutus and the Trojans. 2) A Latin summary of art. 1. 3) Roman de Brut, a chronicle of England from Aeneas to King Edward II (1307-1327). 4) Sequence to the Roman de Brut, dealing with the reign of King Edward III (1327-1377). 5) Unidentified poem in English on the countries and peoples of Asia, Africa and Europe. 6) Account of the relations between Church and State under popes Gregory VII (1073-1085) and Alexander III (1159-1181), and especially of the conflict between King Henry II of England (1154-1189) and Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Publications
Diana B. Tyson, "Handlist of Manuscripts containing the French Prose Brut Chronicle", Scriptorium, 48 (1994), pp. 333-344 (mention on p. 339). R 03.06.08.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 02, 2010
References
Roman de Brut. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Roman de Brut. 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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