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1. Cotton MS Claudius E III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius E III
Title:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1197-1450
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 308–333

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Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 308–333
Title:
William Rishanger, Opus Chronicorum
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius E III

3. Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 169–307

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Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 169–307
Title:
Henry Knighton, Chronicon
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius E III

4. Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 3–168

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 3–168
Title:
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
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius E III

5. Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 334–356

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Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 334–356
Title:
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]...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius E III