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Add MS 6915
- Record Id:
- 032-003442984
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442984
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x0005db
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6915
- Title:
- Extracts from Latin chronicles, intitled 'Britanniarum Cronica'
- Scope & Content:
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‘Britanniarum Cronica’
1. Transcript of Harley MS 63, containing the Chronicle of the English Brute, abbreviated, from the origin of the name of Albion to the sixth year of Henry VI. Inc.: In the noble land of Surrey. Des.: in the sexte yere of his regne the gwode erle of Salesbury was slayne at the sege of Orliance, wt. a gonne, that [was] oone of the wordieste Knyghes [sic] of the world, and was beried at Burssham. ff. 1-137.
2. Transcript from MS Harley 5280 of an analysis of several valuable historical and fabulous treatises in the Irish language, prefixed in a hand of the 18th century to the treatises themselves, which are on vellum, and probably of the 13th and 14th centuries. ff. 138-144.
3. Transcript from the same manuscript [MS Harley 5280] of a Latin version of portions of the above Irish treatises. ff. 145-159.
4. Memoranda copied from the same manuscript [MS Harley 5280]. fol. 160.
5. Transcript from Harley MS 2408 of a Chronicle or Chronology of the Kings of Scotland, from Gathelus to King James VI, compiled in 1603. ff. 161-173.
6. Transcript from the same manuscript [Harley MS 2408] of a brief statistical description of Ireland. ff. 174-177.
7. ‘Wonders in Ireland’; transcribed from the same manuscript [Harley MS 2408]. fol. 178.
8. ‘Lords Temporall as well Inglish as Irish wch. have inhabited Ireland’; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 2408]. ff. 179-180.
9. Short chronicle of Ireland, with a list of the Lords Deputy, to Sir Antony Sentleger, 1546; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 2408]. ff. 181-186.
10. Chronicle of England from Samothes, son of Japhet, to the year 1573; transcribed from the same manuscript [Harley MS 2408]. ff. 187-342.
11. Transcript from Harley MS 2414 of a chronicle of chronological history of England from Samothes to the year 1055. ff. 343-442.
12. Descent of the Trojans from Japhet, according to Mr George Owens, and according to the common opinion; transcribed from Harley MS 4872. ff. 443, 444.
13. Welsh genealogies, from Camber downwards to Cunedha, and upwards to Adam; from the manuscript [Harley MS 4872], and from Harley MS 2414. ff. 445-450.
14. A calculation of the credibility of human testimony. ff. 451-458.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442984
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442984
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (458 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century-Early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Quarto
- Source of Acquisition:
- Add MS 6913 to 7057 inclusive consist chiefly of historical transcripts, excerpts and collections made by the Rev. John Haddon Hindley, principally from manuscripts in the British Museum; together with a few Oriental manuscripts; all presented by Mrs M. B
- Arrangement:
- A general table of contents is prefixed
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.