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Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle
- Title:
- Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle
- Author:
- Dunphy, G.
- Location:
- Leiden
- Notes:
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- CCCC MS 7 Entry for Thomas Walsingham whose Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani is found in CCCC MS 7. Intended as a continuation of Matthew Paris’ work of the same name, it covers the years 1308-93 and is especially valuable for the documents transcribed within it, p. 1492
- CCCC MS 53 Entry for Livere de Reis de Britannie notes that this anonymous chronicle survives in 10 mss and covers the period from Brutus to to Edward I. There is considerable variation in the texts. Some mss, including CCCC MS 53, ff. 180v-184r, are little more than lists. A continuation was added to the text in CCCC MS 53 ca 1400, ending with the reign of Henry IV on f. 184v, pp. 1034-35
- CCCC MS 59 Entry for the Merton Annals notes the similarity of the text to the Southwark Annals. These annals, from the Incarnation to 1242, are found in CCCC MS 59, ff. 158v-180r and BL, Cleopatra C.vii, pp. 1105-06
- CCCC MS 76 Entry for ’Ralph of Diceto’ mentions the copy of his Annales de Archiepiscopis Dorobernensibus in CCCC MS 76, a presentation volume for Archbishop Hubert Walter, pp. 1253-54
- CCCC MS 100 Entry for ’Lives of Henry V’ mentions the copies of Vita Henrici Quinti by Titus Livius Frulovisi in CCCC MSS 100 (erroneously given as 112) and 285. Notes that the work (written c. 1437) was commissioned by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester to promote the renewal of war with France, pp. 1037-38
- CCCC MS 139 Entry for ’Northern Annals’ discusses the two distinct series of Latin annals incorporated into the Historia regum attributed to Symeon of Durham and found in CCCC MS 139, ff. 51v-129v. The first covers the years 732-802 and primarily records regnal and episcopal succession in Northumbria; the second running from 888-957 focuses on the wars and disruptions of the Viking period, 1155-56
- CCCC MS 139 Entry for ’John of Hexham’ notes that his chronicle, found uniquely in CCCC MS 139 is a continuation of the work of Symeon of Durham and draws on the De gestis regis Stephani of Richard of Hexham which is also uniquely preserved in CCCC MS 139, pp. 933 Entry for Northern Annals discusses the two distinct series of Latin annals incorporated into the Historia regum attributed to Symeon of Durham and found in CCCC MS 139, ff. 51v-129v. The first covers the years 732-802 and primarily records regnal and episcopal succession in Northumbria; the second running from 888-957 focuses on the wars and disruptions of the Viking period, pp. 1155-56
- CCCC MS 161 Entry for the ’Lives of Edward the Confessor’ mentions the Vita beati Edwardi by Osbert of Clare, as found in CCCC MS 161 (ff. 138v-152v). The work is described as ’not historically important’ but it was adapted by Ælred of Rievaulx as Vita Edwardi Regis which is the most widely read life of Edward , pp. 1035-37
- CCCC MS 175 Entry for ’Walter of Coventry’, possibly a Benedictine monk of St Mary’s abbey, York and said to be the compiler of the Memoriale found uniquely in CCCC MS 175, a chronicle with clear Northern connections. Part 1 is a brief summary from Brutus to Edward I, linked to the Short Latin Chronicle of Durham Abbey (BL, MS Harley 3860); part 2 is fuller, from 1002-1225, and related to the Barnwell Chronicle (London, College of Arms, MS Arundel 10), pp. 1493
- CCCC MS 189 Entry for ’Thorne, William’ discusses his Chronica de reba gestis abbatum S. Augustini Cantuariae, recounting the history of the abbey from 598-1397. The earliest ms (CCCC MS 189) is expanded and revised in BL, Add. MS 53710. The text is derivative of Thomas Sprott’s chronicle, pp. 1429
- CCCC MS 194 Entry for ’Layout’ mentions that the Scala Mundi in CCCC MS 194 uses the 50 lines per page layout developed by Martin of Opava (Martin of Troppau), pp. 1001-11 Entry for ’Scala Mundi’ discusses the anonymous universal chronicle probably written in England in the 2nd quarter of the 14thc, an early copy of which is found in CCCC MS 194. Chronological information is found on the left-hand side of the page (50 years to a page) and annalistic information in parallel vertical lines, supplemented by small illustrations. It is frequently transmitted with other historical works, particularly Martin of Opava’s chronicle, as in CCCC MS 194, pp. 1331-33
- CCCC MS 197A Entry for ’Malverne, John’, prior of Worcester cathedral priory from 1395 is identified in CCCC MS 197A as the author of a continuation of Higden’s Polychronicon covering the years 1348-81, an important source for the reigns of Edward III and Richard II. The identification in the MS incorrectly precedes the short anonymous continuation covering 1346-48 , pp. 1063 Entry for the ’Westminster Chronicle’, an anonymous Latin chronicle for the years 1381-94 which survives uniquely in CCCC MS 197A, following John Malverne’s continuation of the Polychronicon. Harvey identifies two authors: Richard of Cirencester (1381-83) and Richard Exeter (1383-94). The text appears to be copied by the second chronicler, pp. 1501
- CCCC MS 240 CCCC MS 240 contains the most representative version of the Ypodigma Neustriae of Thomas Walsingham. Incorporates material from William of Jumièges, Ralph of Diceto, Henry Knighton and Nicholas Trevet, pp. 1492
- CCCC MS 295 Entry for ’John of Salisbury’ lists CCCC MS 295 among the mss of the Vita B. Thomae Becket that include material written by John, pp. 937-38
- CCCC MS 311 Entry for ’Prose Brut, Latin’ identifies at least 6 surviving versions in 26 mss. CCCC MS 311 is placed in a group with BL, Lansdowne MS 212, BL, Harley MS 3884, Bodleian, MS Rawl..B.169, Oxford, St John’s MS 78 and Cambridge, Gonville and Caius, MS 72. All contain a fuller account of the reign of Henry V, pp. 1241-42
- CCCC MS 313 Entry for ’Ralph of Diceto’ mentions the copy of his Opuscula in CCCC MS 313 and three other mss, a compilation that includes lists of kings and popes similar to those in his Abbreviationes chronicorum, pp. 1253-54
- CCCC MS 339 Entry for ’Richard of Devizes’ whose chronicle survives in holograph in CCCC MS 339, ff. 25r-43v and in fair copy in BL, Cotton Domitian MS. A.xiii. It covers 27 months from Richard I’s accession to his withdrawal from the Holy Land (Dec 1192). Richard may also be the author of the Winchester Annals on ff. 1r-24v which cover the years 529-1139, pp. 1275-76 Entry for ’Winchester Annals’ discussing the text extant in 2 mss: CCCC MS 339, ff. 1r-24v and BL, Cotton Domitian MS A.xiii. The former was written at St Swithun’s cathedral priory, Winchester; the latter may have been written at Hyde abbey. The two mss agree for the period 519-1066. The Corpus MS ends at 1139, the Cotton MS has several continuations to 1277, pp. 1517-18
- CCCC MS 350 Entry for ’Rudborne, Thomas’, a monk of St Swithun’s, Winchester (fl. 1447-54). CCCC MS 350 contains a transcription of his Historia maior de fundatione et successione ecclesiae Wintoniensis made from London, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 183, pp. 1304
- CCCC MS 354 Entry for ’Trevisa, John’ lists CCCC MS 354 among the 14 complete mss of Trevisa’s translation of the Polychronicon of Ranulf Higden, pp. 1446-47
- CCCC MSS 5 and 6 Entry for John of Tynemouth, whose Historia aurea is found in CCCC MSS 5 and 6 (with an important continuation) as well as Lambeth Palace Library MSS 10, 11 and 12. Describes the Chronicle as a ’compilation with little critical comment’, noteworthy for the inclusion of certain original documents and descriptions of supernatural events, p. 939
- CCCC MSS 16 and 26 Entry for ’Layout’ discusses the use of visual markers in the margins of CCCC MSS 16 and 26, pp. 1002-1005 Entry for ’Text-image relationship’ discusses Suzanne Lewis’ treatment of the illustrations in the Chronica maiora of Matthew Paris, as found in CCCC MSS 16 and 26, pp. 1415-17 Entry for ’Matthew Paris’ discusses the Chronica majora, the autograph manuscript of which is found in three volumes: CCCC MSS 26 and 16 and BL, Royal MS 14.C.vii, pp. 1093-95
- CCCC MSS 66, MS 181 and 407 Entry for ’William of Rubruck’ notes that there are 5 mss of William of Rubruck’s Itinerarium: CCCC MSS 66, 181 and 407; BL, Royal MS 14.C.xiii and Leiden, UB, VLF 77), pp. 1514
- CCCC MSS 171A & 171B Entry for ’John of Fordun’ discusses his Chronica Gentis Scotorum, principal source Walter Bower’s Scotichronicon, as found in CCCC MSS 171A and B. Fordun (d. ca. 1363) did not invent the legendary history of Scota but did popularise it, 931-32 Entry for Liber extravagans, a 15thc Latin chronicle surviving in various versions as a supplementary book in some mss of Walter Bower’s Scotichronicon, including CCCC MSS 171A and 171B. The longest version consists of a prose prologue, 3 poems on Scottish history, English history and the Norman Conquest, and a prose genealogical chronicle of Scottish kings from Robert I to James II , pp. 1024-25
- CCCC MSS 194, MS 339 and 427 Entry for ’Peter of Ickham’ discusses the attribution to him of the Compilatio de gestis Britonum et Anglorum, as found in 13 mss, including CCCC MSS 194, 339 and 427. The compilation, based on sources including Bede, Geoffrey of Monmouth and William of Malmesbury, runs from Brutus to Edward I; in the period after the Norman Conquest, it becomes annalistic , pp. 1204
- Volume:
- 2
- Reference Type:
- Book
- Manuscript:
- cm287zk2842