Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum, Ymagines Historiarum; Winchester Chronicle; Henry Knighton, Chronicon; William Rishanger, Opus Chronicorum; Tito Livio Frulovisi, Vita Henrici Quinti; Robert Grosseteste, Epistola
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made out of four parts. The first part contains the Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Abbreviations of Chronicles) and the Ymagines Historiarum (Images of Histories) by Ralph of Diceto (b. c. 1130, d. 1202), as well as the Winchester Chronicle. The second part was made in ...
Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum, Ymagines Historiarum; Winchester Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3v-62v: Ralph of Diceto (d. 1202), Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Abbreviations of Chronicles), beginning: 'In opusculo sequenti trium temporum scilicet ante legem'. ff. 63r-153r: Ralph of Diceto, Ymagines Historiarum (Images of History), beginning: 'Henricus Gaufridi Plantegenest c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Contents: ff. 169r-307r: Henry Knighton (d. 1396), Chronicon (Chronicle), beginning: 'Hoc opusculum post preclaros retroactorum eventuum in regno Anglie et eius confinibus luculentos cronografos'. [f. 307v is blank]. Decoration: 1 large pen-flourished initial H in blue ornamented with red (f...
Contents: ff. 308r-333r: William Rishanger (b. 1250, d. 1312), Opus Chronicorum (Chronicle Work), beginning: '[A]nno gracie millesimo ducentesimo quinquagesimo nono rex Anglorum Henricus'. [f. 333v is blank]. Decoration: Spaces for initials have been left unfilled.
Tito Livio Frulovisi, Vita Henrici Quinti; Robert Grosseteste, Epistola
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 334r-355r: Tito Livio Frulovis (b. c. 1400, d. c. 1456)i, Vita Henrici Quinti (Life of Henry V), beginning: 'Cum a primis annis de parente meo suis et equalibus'. ff. 356r-356v: Robert Grosseteste (b. 1175, d. 1253), Epistola (Letter), no. 128 to Pope Innocent IV, beginning: '[D]...
William of St Albans, Passio sancti Albani et Amphibali sociorumque eius (34r–39v: BHL 213); De inuentione sancti Albani (39v–43v: BHL 216); De inuentione sancti Amphibali sociorumque eius (43v–44v: not in BHL); De inuentione mausolei sancti Albani (44v–46r: not in BHL); Ralph of Dunstable, Uita metrica sancti Albani (47r–58v: BHL 212); Miracula sancti Albani (59r–70v: BHL 217); De inuentione et miraculorum sancti Amphibali sociorumque eius (71r–83r: BHL 395); Matthew Paris, Uite duorum Offar...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Anglo-Norman French (214v, 272r–274r, 277v, 282v–283r, 285r etc); Anglo-Norman French and Latin (376v–377v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century