Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 056: Matthew Paris OSB, Historia Anglorum (1067-1273)

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 056: Matthew Paris OSB, Historia Anglorum (1067-1273)

Alternate Title:

Matthaei Paris Historia Anglorum (Historia Minor)

Language:

Latin

Extent:

ff. cir. 500

Dimensions:

340 Height (mm) and 243 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1567]

Table of contents:

Historia Anglorum (1067-1253), Chronica maiora (1254-59), Chronica maiora (continuation 1259-73)

Description:

CCCC MS 56 is a sixteenth-century copy, made for Parker c. 1567, of Matthew Paris' Historia Anglorum (1067-1253) and the third part of the Chronica maiora (1254-9) with a continuation to 1273-4 which is attributed to William Rishanger. It is a direct copy of the same text in Matthew's autograph copy, London, BL MS Royal 14. C. VII, a crude attempt even being made to reproduce the heraldic shields found in the margins of this exemplar. The text of this manuscript for the years 1253-74 was used as the basis for Parker's printed volume of the Historia maiora published in 1570-71.