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Royal MS 13 D II
- Record Id:
- 040-002106873
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x00001d
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- ISAD(G)
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- Royal MS 13 D II
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WORKS of William of Malmesbury and Geoffrey of Monmouth, viz.: 1. William of Malmesbury, 'De gestis regum An. glorum'; in five books. Prologue (with rubric, 'Incipit prologus Willelmi monachi Malmesberiensis in libro primo de gestis regum Anglorum') beg. 'Res Anglorum gestas Beda'; text, 'Anno ab incarnatione Domini ccccxlix'. This MS. is classified by Stubbs (Gesta Regum, Rolls Ser., 1887, i, p. lxxx) as the leading MS. of the third recension of Malmesbury's work, and is taken by him as the basis of his edition. f. 4.
2. The same, Historia Novella; in three books. Prologue (with rubric, 'Incipit prologus Will. Malm. in libros nouelle historie missos Roberto comiti Gloecestrie') beg. 'Domino amantissimo R.'; text, 'Anno Henrici regis Anglorum xxvito'. With the first of the two alternative endings, 'Sed haec . . . expedientur' (instead of 'Qua re ... accepero', see Stubbs, ib., ii, p. 596). f. 110.
The text of this art. ends at the foot of the last page of quire xv; in the margin is the note 'Hic deficit prosecucio historie que promittitur in volumine sequenti'.
3. Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Britonum; in eleven books, with the usual prologues, &c. The first prologue, 'Cum mecum multa', is headed 'Gaufridi Arturi Monemutensis de gestis Britonum prologus incipit'. Interlinear glosses are inserted in a late 13th cent. hand on the first leaf of the Prophecies of Merlin (f. 149), the last of them referring to the long reign of Henry III and to his building 'castella' under Snowdon. Cf. 13 D. I, art. 2, and Ward, Cat. of Romances, i, p. 228. f. 124.
On the fly-leaves (ff. 1-3) are lists of British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings brought down to Edward IV. On f. 1 is a reference to a court of the Abbot of Margam held 6 May, 1421.
Vellum; ff. 174. 1 ft. 3 in. x 101/2 in. XII cent. Gatherings (beg. f. 4) of 8 leaves (last6), numbered at the end. Double columns. Sec. fol. 'carnis pronus'. Plain initials, in red, blue, and drab. Belonged to Margam Abbey, co. Glamorgan (f. 173, 'Liber monachorum sancte Marie de Margan'), which was founded by Robert, Earl of Gloucester (to whom both Malmesbury and Monmouth dedicated their works), in 1147. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 983'; cat. of 1666, f. 7 b; CMA. 8319, 8320, 8315.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002106873 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 13 D II : WORKS of William of Malmesbury and Geoffrey of Monmouth, viz.: 1. William of Malmesbury, 'De gestis regum An. glorum'; in… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1093]/040-002106873
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 12th century
- Era:
- CE
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