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Royal MS 18 B III
- Record Id:
- 040-002107497
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x0002de
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 18 B III
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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CHRONICLE OF THE BRUTE, to A.D. 1419, in English. Imperf at beg. and end. The text resembles 17 D. XXI, but is not so good. Beg. (f. 5) 'was alle wyldernesse' in the middle of the 'Prologe of Albyon'. ff. 1-4 should follow f. 8, but two leaves are wanting before the misplaced passage. Ch. i beg. (f. 5b) 'In the noble cite of grete Troy '. Ends at the foot of f. 275 b (two leaves being lost) 'the lorde of Burgeuenye wyth all here retenue'.
In the margin of ff. 36, 37 are two 16th cent. medical recipes.
Paper; ff. 275. Quarto. 111/2 in. x 8 in. XV cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves (i4, the four outer leaves missing, xxxi7), with catchwords. The margins are occasionally mutilated, and of f. 173 less than half remains. Belonged to the Gaynesford family in the 16th cent., and on f. 36 is a note of the birth of Erasymus Gaynesford, 17 June, 1536. The names of other members of the family are on ff. 68, 127b, 181, 188 b, 192 b, 234 b, 264 b, 265 b. On f. 160 is the inscription 'Chrystopher Watson ons this booke', and his name is also on ff. 109, 134, 189. Other names are Thomas Ducke (f. 77), Thomas Maltby (f. 143), 'Mr Mychelborn' (f. 151 b), and 'Jhon Banet of Lenham in Kente' (f. 230 b). Cat. of 1666, f. 12 b(?); not in CMA.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002107497 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 18 B III : CHRONICLE OF THE BRUTE, to A.D. 1419, in English. Imperf at beg. and end. The text resembles 17 D. XXI, but is not so good.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1650]/040-002107497
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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