The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark O.10.34
Manuscript Title Brut Chronicle
Alternative Title Brute Chronicle
James Number 1486
Century 15th
Physical Description 36 lines to a page. In a beautiful hand. Good borders on f.1 and f.2b.
Provenance Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738.Marked H. 1. No. 315.
Donor Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary
Size (cm) 32.5 x 22
Folio 160 + 1 ff.
Material Parchment
Language Middle English
Collation 18-208. 1 flyleaf.
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.10.34/manifest.json
Online Since 25/09/2020

Contents

The Brute Chronicle of England.
f.1 Here may a man here (how) Engelande was first callede Albyon and thoru ’ whom it had the name
In the noble land of Syreie.
Ends with the capture of Rouen by Henry V.
til þe toun was sette in rewle and in gouernaunce.

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