Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 343: Ralph Niger, Chronicum (Creation-1199, continued to 1224 by Ralph of Coggeshall OCist, Chronicon Anglicanum). De expugnatione Terrae Sanctae libellus. De ducibus Normannie

Description

Alternative title
Radulfus Niger, etc.
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 2 + 83
Date created
[ca. 1300-1399]
Language
Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), English, Middle (1100-1500)
Material
Vellum
Layout
double columns of 60 lines
Height (mm)
343
Width (mm)
247
Collation
cover(2), 1(12)-7(12) (wants 12).
Writing
rather roughly but clearly written
Foliation
ff. a-b + i + 1-83 + ii + c-d
Additions
Bound in a double leaf (ff. ir-iiv) of a handsomely written Chronicle in English (double columns of 38 lines, cent. xv) with small initials alternately in blue and gold. The first leaf (f. ir)begins in a paragraph on the death of Richard I ending: And ys buried at the brygge of Ebraunde (sc. Pons Ebraldi for Fons Ebraldi) beyonde the see.
Coronation of John (f. ir): In the yere of oure lorde god M. C. iiiixx xix at Westmynester was the Coronacion of Kynge John.
The other paragraphs are (f. ir): Storm of 1202. Dominican order founded. Franciscans founded. Henry III crowned. Death and burial. Storm of 1221. iv Jew in sewer at Tewkesbury, 1258. 1262. Coronation of Edward I. Death and burial. 1307. Coronation of Edward II. Death and burial. 1316. Floods and famine. 1326. Edward III. 1340. Battle of 'Sluse.' 1348. Plague. 1346. Battle of Cressy. iir 1346. Siege of Calais. 1356. Poitiers. 1361. Wind on St Maur's day. 2nd Plague. 1368. 3rd Plague. 1376. Death of Black Prince. 1377. Death of Edward III. iir 1382. Earthquake. 1377. Richard II. Coronation, death, burial. 1389. Henry IV. Coronation, death, burial. 1413. Henry V. Coronation, death, burial. 1429. Henry VI. Coronation, death, burial. 1461. Edward IV. Coronation, death, burial. How therle of Warwike toke ye kyng Edward prisoner & of his escape afterwarde & fledde into flaundres. Of his retourne ageyn in to England and made the felde at ... (end of iiv).
The text of f. 1r and part of col. 1 of 1v is crossed out. It is part of a gloss on the Epistle of Jude, not written in the strict order of the text.

Abstract/Contents

Summary
CCCC MS 343 contains fourteenth-century copies of historical material of the kind that interested Parker. In this instance the texts include Ralph Niger (d. c. 1210), to whose Chronicum, covering the period from the Creation to 1199, has been added extracts from the Chronicon Anglicanum by Ralph of Coggeshall OCist (d. after 1224), and a copy of Coggeshall's Chronicon terrae sanctae et de captis a Saladino Hierosolymis. In addition, the manuscript contains a handful of other texts of a varied nature, including verses on weights and measures, a guide to playing chess, a gospel parody (Sequencia leti euuangelii secundum lucrum) and a short history of the dukes of Normandy from William I to John. The flyleaves of the volume are made up of two leaves of a late fifteenth-century abstract version of the Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden OSB (d. 1364). Nothing is known of the provenance of this manuscript.
Contents
Chronicum (Creation-1199, continued to 1224 by Ralph of Coggeshall OCist, Chronicon Anglicanum -- Chronicon terrae sanctae et de captis a Saladino Hierosolymis -- De ducibus Normannie

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xiv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:gq798nv5328/MS_343.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:cc396dr2303/343.pdf
Contains
  • Ralph Niger, Chronicum (Creation-1199, continued to 1224 by Ralph of Coggeshall OCist, Chronicon Anglicanum). 1v-72r
    Nasmith
    Radulphi Nigri chronicon de vita et actis imperatorum et regum Angliae et Franciae. 1v-72r
    Author
    Ralph Niger
    Ralph of Coggeshall OCist
    Rubric
    (1v) Incipit prefatio magistri Radulfi Nigri
    Incipit
    (1v) Etsi succensere sibi neminem conueniat
    Explicit
    (1v) superflua eius effusione se proluat
    Rubric
    (1v) Explicit prefatio de prima particula huius cronice
    Incipit
    (1v) Ab adam usque ad diluuium sunt anni duo milia ccti xliiti secundum lxxti interpretes
    Note
    On f. 23r after the birth of Prince Henry (1155) is a digression on Justinian
    On f. 24r begin short annalistic notes 1065-1202. The entries lengthen to 1224
    A note by Bale (?) on f. 28r: finiunt additiones Cisterciensis monachi de Cogeshal (i.e. Ralph of Coggeshall)
    On f. 28v we go back to 1066 and proceed again to 1224. Ending (of Falco)
    Explicit
    (71v) Elegit uti terram relinqueret et trans mare
    Note
    Rad. Coggeshall, Rolls Series, p. 208
    Rubric
    (71v) Explicit liber de uita et actibus im(per)atorum anglie et francie
    Note
    The chronicle of Radulfus Niger was edited by Anstruther for the Caxton Society. On it see Hardy II 281, 287, 415, 496, and III 56 etc. This MS. does not seem to be mentioned by him
    (72r) Verses on chess (28): Hic fit formosa sine sanguine pungna iocosa...Omnis homo matum clamat matum sibi matum
    (72r) Then on weights: Li dener deit peiser xx greinz etc.
    Then a parody of a gospel
    Rubric
    (72r) Sequencia leti euuangelii secundum luc(r)um
    Incipit
    (72r) In illo tempore. Erat quidam phariseus lucius uoragine princeps potatorum. Et congregatis discipulis suis interrogauit eum unus dicens, Magister dic quid faciam et vitam iocundam possidebo
    Note
    Ending
    Explicit
    (72r) quod timet impius eueniet et. letabitur iustus. et merces eius cum eo et opus illius coram ipso est
    Rubric
    (72r) Credo in bacum patrem omnipotor
  • Ralph of Coggeshall OCist, Chronicon terrae sanctae et de captis a Saladino Hierosolymis. 72v-83r
    Nasmith
    Chronicon de terra sancta, seu de captione Hierusalem. 72v-83r
    Author
    Ralph of Coggeshall OCist
    Rubric
    (72v) (Cronica de terra sancta)
    (72v) Quantis pressuris et calamitatibus oppressa sit et contrita orientalis ecclesia
    Note
    After a letter of Saladin to Frederic (f. 82r) ending
    Explicit
    (83r) suscitatoris progeniei myramkaem
    Note
    printed in Rad. of Coggeshall, Rolls, p. 209
  • De ducibus Normannie. 83r-83v
    Rubric
    (83r) De ducibus normannie et regibus anglie
    Incipit
    (83r) Primus normannie dux qui Robertus in baptismo dictus
    Explicit
    (83v) quo defuncto Iohannes frater eius comes de mortoiy successit ei in regnum anglie qui regnauit xvii annis et v mensibus
    Rubric
    (83v) Explicit expliceat scriptor ludere eat
TJames
327 (1)
Stanley
9. 3
Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 343

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