Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 050: Wace, Roman de Brut. Roman de Guy de Warewic

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Title:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 050: Wace, Roman de Brut. Roman de Guy de Warewic
Alternate Title:
Brut of Wace. Gui de Warwyk etc.
Language:
Latin and French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Extent:
ff. 181 + 8
Dimensions:
335 Height (mm) and 230 Width (mm)
Approximate Date:
[ca. 1250 - 1299]
Provenance:
From St Augustine's, Canterbury: on f. 1r: de librario S. Aug. cum. A. It is no. 1516 in the old catalogue. On f. 6r: Liber de librario S. Aug. Cantuarie Dist. Gra.
Table of contents:
  • Genealogy of the kings of Britain
  • Roman de Brut
  • Le livere des reis de Britannie
  • Romanz di un chivaler et sa dame e un clerk
  • Amis et Amiloun
  • The Four Daughters of God
  • Roman de Guy de Warewic
Description:
CCCC MS 50 contains a number of works in French and Anglo-Norman copied in the late thirteenth century. Among the most significant texts within it are the Roman de Brut of Wace (after 1100-after 1174), the Roman de Guy de Warewic, The Four Daughters of God, Amis et Amiloun and the short prose chronicle Le livere des reis de Britannie. It also contains the unique text of the fabliau, Romanz di un chivaler et sa dame e un clerk. The manuscript was at one time in the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury as indicated by two library inscriptions. It has been identified as item number 1516 in the Catalogue of the abbey's library drawn up in the late fifteenth century.
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