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Egerton MS 3790

Record Id:

040-001986142

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001986140

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000158.0x0003c5

LARK:

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ISAD(G)

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Egerton MS 3790

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WREST PARK MS. 19. Extracts and notes on medieval chronicles; 16th cent. Latin. Burghley sale, Heraldry no. 11; C.M.A. no. 8; H.M.C., no. 19; Sotheby's sale, 21 June 1922, lot 616.

Paper; ff. ii+72. 320 x 215mm. 18th-cent. brown leather binding, blind stamped on the front and back covers and spine. Gold tooled spine title: 'Ex Chron. Matt. Paris'. Gold tooled spine labels 'MS.' and '19'.

1. ff. 2-60. Extracts from various medieval chronicles; 16th cent. Mostly comprising extracts from Matthew Paris's Historia Anglorum, now Royal 14 C. vii (ff. 2-38v), but followed by notes on a number of other chronicles, including 'quodam antiquo volumine Westmonasteriensis' (ff. 40-40v); Symeon of Durham (ff. 43-45v); William of Malmesbury (ff. 45v-53); and Thomas Walsingham (f. 60v). Latin.

2. ff. 61-72. Notes on medieval chronicles and books; 16th cent. Latin. As follows:–(i) f. 61v. 'Quorundam Anglicorum Scriptorium Libri, quos Illyricus habet';–(ii) ff. 62-70v. Chapter headings of a chronicle of English and Scottish history continued up to 1400;–(iii) f. 71. List of books relating to the history of the church;–(iv) ff. 71-72. List of useful books in Rome.

Chronicles: Extracts from medieval chronicles: 17th cent: Lat.

England General: Extracts from medieval chronicles: 17th cent.: Lat.

includes:

f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Bookplates of the 2nd Earl de Grey: 19th cent.
ff. 2-60 Matthew Paris, monk of St Albans: Extracts from Historia Anglorum: 17th cent.: Lat.
ff. 43-45v Symeon, of Durham: Extracts from his chronicle: 17th cent: Lat.
ff. 45v-53 William, of Malmesbury: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.: Lat.
f. 60v Thomas Walsingham, chronicler; monk of St Albans: Extracts from his works: 17th cent.: Lat.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001986140
040-001986142

Is part of:

Egerton MS 3789-3795 : WREST PARK MANUSCRIPTS: miscellaneous manuscripts, chiefly genealogical and heraldic, from the manuscript collections of…

Egerton MS 3790 : WREST PARK MS. 19. Extracts and notes on medieval chronicles; 16th cent. Latin. Burghley sale, Heraldry no. 11; C.M.A. no. 8;…

Hierarchy:

032-001986140[0002]/040-001986142

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View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton MS 3789-3795

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1500

End Date:

1599

Date Range:

16th century

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Names:

Matthew Paris, historian, Benedictine monk, and polymath, 1200s-1259
Simeon of Durham, c 1060-c 1128,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080044353,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/78629943
Walsingham, Thomas, chronicler, monk of St Albans, c 1340–c 1422,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118452759
William of Malmesbury, historian and monk, c 1080-1143,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000447076272,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/205295992