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Add MS 6916
- Record Id:
- 032-003442985
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442985
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x0005dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6916
- Title:
- Extracts from various Latin manuscript chronicles of Britain
- Scope & Content:
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1. Compendium de Britannia sive Anglia; transcribed from Cotton MS Cleopatra D VIII. ff. 207.
2. De Origine Gigantum in insula Albyon olim habitantium et de nomine ejusdem Insulæ, quæ nunc Anglia est; from Cotton MS Nero D VIII. ff. 8-13.
3. De Origine Gigantum etc., the same tract; from Cotton MS Cleopatra D VIII. ff. 14-20.
4. Extract from Perotti’s Cornucopia, ed. fol. Venice, 1513, pp. 738, 739. ff. 21, 22.
5. Extracts from the History of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Cotton MS Nero D VIII. ff. 23027.
6. Versus in margine exemplaris Historiæ Galfridi; Cotton MS Cleopatra D VIII. ff. 28-34.
7. Quædam narratio de nobili rege Arthuro; from the same manuscript [Cotton MS Cleopatra D VIII]. ff. 33-38.
8. Chronicon a cond. mundo ad ann. 1385; from Royal MS 13 D I. ff. 39-46.
9. Chronicon notabilium ab incarnat. Domini, ad ann. 1208; from the same manuscript [Royal MS 13 D I]. ff. 47-100.
10. Mirabilia Hyberniæ et Angliæ; from the same manuscript. ff. 101-103.
11. Tria recentiora capita de tribus montibus Sti. Michaelis Archangeli in Normannia, Hybernia, et Anglia. At the conclusion is ‘Explicit Ms. Navei, Archidiaconi Tornacensis, de his locis tribus experimentum’ [possibly from a printed source: Michaels Navei Ivrivm Constvltissimi, Canonici Et Archidiaconi Tornacensis Chronicon Apparitionvm et Gestorvm S. Michaelis Archangeli, A Mvndo Condito Ac Deinceps Per Varias Orbis Partes In Sex Libros distinctum, cum summarijs ad finem operis librorum, & captium, & tabula rerum memorabilium. Dvaci, Ex Typographia Balthazaris Beileri sub Circino aureo, Anno, 1632]. ff. 104-122.
12. De Britannia; quid significet Crux allata; de Bruto; de rebus Hiberniæ admirandis; in prose and verse; from Cotton MS Titus D XXIV. ff. 123-128.
13. De duobus sociis Britannicis vita et finis; from the same manuscript [Cotton MS Titus D XXIV]. ff. 129-132.
14. Note of the contents of Cotton MS Domitian A X. fol. 133.
15. De Filiis Woden Regis; transcribed from the same manuscript [Cotton MS Domitian A X]. ff. 134-135.
16. Proemion in Chron. Anonymum; from the same manuscript [Cotton MS Domitian A X]. fol. 136.
17. Regum Angliæ Catalogus, ab Ina ad Edw. I cum numero annorum quibus regnarunt; from Cotton MS Domitian A IX. ff. 137-138.
18. De Arngrimo et Athero, sive Starchatero, Pugilibus hyperboreis. [cataloguer’s marginal pencil note: ‘From a printed source]. ff. 139-142.
19. Large excerpts from Perotti’s Cornupiae relative to the names of Neptune, Tethys, Pluto, Jupiter, Hercules and other deities; also Athena, Britannia, etc. ff. 143-238.
20. Transcript of the Prologue or introductory chapter of the English Chronicle of Brute; from Harley MS 4690. ff. 239-243. Inc. Ynne the noble lond of Syrye.
21. Extract ‘De Albione’, from John Rous’s ‘Historia de Regibus Angliæ’, Cotton MS Vespasian A XII. ff. 244-251.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003442985", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 6916: Extracts from various Latin manuscript chronicles of Britain" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442985
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442985
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (251 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 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.