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Container Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 14 C VII

1. Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 1v-8r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 1v-8r
Title:
Maps and other prefatory material
Scope & Content:
Prefatory material including: 1. Diagram of Winds (f. 1v); similar to one in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS. 16. f. 1v; 2. Itinerary from London to the Holy Land with images of towns, their names, and descriptions of places (ff. 2r-5r); 3. Map of Britain, with indications of a great hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1250-1259
Extent:
8 folios.

2. Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 8v-156v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 8v-156v
Title:
Matthew Paris, Historia Anglorum
Scope & Content:
The only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253, probably composed and written by Matthew Paris in the period between 1250-1255 (ff. 10r-156v). Prologue incipit: 'De chronographia, id est temporum descripcione'; text incipit: 'Anno dominice inca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1250-1259
Extent:
148 folios.

3. Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 157r-231r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 157r-231r
Title:
Matthew Paris, Chronica Maiora, with a continuation
Scope & Content:
The autograph copy of the Chronica Maiora, Part III, by Matthew Paris, covering the years 1254-1259 (the date of Paris's death) (ff. 157r-218v); incipit: 'Anno domini m cc liiii qui est annus domini regis H III xxxciii'. Includes numerous marginal notes and additions by the author. The first two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1250-15th century
Extent:
75 folios.

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