Description
Alternative title
Trevisa's Polychronicon
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. cir. 200
Date created
[ca. 1400 - 1599]
Language
English
Material
Paper
Layout
50 and more lines to a page
Height (mm)
295
Width (mm)
204
Writing
in various hands, very irregularly and badly written:
Foliation
ff. 1-182
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 354 contains a c. 1500 copy of the translation into English by John of Trevisa (c. 1342-1402) of the Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden OSB (d. 1364). Described by M. R. James as 'a very shabby ugly little book', this workaday copy is in marked contrast to the luxurious copy of the Latin original that Parker also possessed (CCCC MS 21), though both reflect his interest in English history. The provenance of this manuscript is unknown.
- Contents
- Polychronicon, transl. by John Trevisa
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