Royal MS 19 B XIV

CHRONIQUE DE NORMANDIE: the same work as in 15 E. VI, art. 12, but including certain interpolated passages (e.g. ff. 34 b, 45 b, 90 b) as in Add. MS. 20811 and Cotton MS. Vitellius F. XVI (cf. the Rouen edition of 1505). There are lacunae, probably due to loss of leaves of an archetype, at f. 20, l. 15, and f. 28, 1. 5. Imperf. at beg., where probably thirteen leaves are wanting, and at end, where three leaves (two blank?) are lost. A leaf is lost after f. 71. F. 69 is misplaced and should follow f. 119. Covers the period 911-1213. Beg. ' . . . roy et estably en la seignourie de son royaume'; ends 'tresgrant desconfiture sur les gens de lemperour'.

The vellum fly-leaves (ff. 128, 1, 129) are three leaves of the Proprium Sanctorum of a 13th-cent. Breviary, with musical notes on a stave of four red lines, and initials in red, blue, and green. They include offices (three or nine lessons) for S. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Decollation of S. John, Nativity of the Virgin, and Exaltation of the Cross.

Paper (exc. fly-leaves) ; ff. 129. Quarto. 12 in. x 81/4 in. Middle of XV cent. Gatherings (beg. f. 2) of 12 leaves (i wants one, vi¹⁰, originally 11). Old large numbering 69; cat. of 1666, f. 11; not in CMA.