On the last fly-leaf, a title, beginning
Epitome Chronicorum anglie (per Joan. Taxtor).
A note to say that this attribution to Taxter is incorrect.
I. f.1 Chronicle
Adam pater generis humani genuit seth.
Ends: A.d.mo.cccco.lvio fuit annus indulgencie ad S. Jacobum.
Eodem anno apparuit Cometa in mense Junij.
Later notes on 1460-71.
Three blank leaves.
II. f.58 Prologus libri primi Willelmi de gestis pontificum Anglorum
Prima sedes.
Good border; Initial in lozenge-chequer.
The section de Shirburnia (f.123a) has a fine border.
In the initial is the Virgin crowned and seated with the Child. On the L. (outside) is a black monk kneeling, with scroll O mater dei memento mei. In the border at the bottom is a shield gu. a cross arg. over a crosier or in pale in the dexter half.
The xvth cent. hand ends on f.133b in ὃ96
ubi antiquitus et s. petri
The last 2 lines and the rest of the book (lib. in, iv) are added in a good Parkerian hand, on vellum, ending on f.186a.
It is no.20 in Hamilton's edition (Rolls series), p xxv
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
R.7.13
| Shelfmark | R.7.13 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Chronicle; William of Malmesbury, Gesta pontificum Anglorum |
| Alternative Title | Chronicon. W. Malmesburiensis De Gestis Pontificum. |
| James Number | 751 |
| Century | 15th |
| Physical Description | 31 lines to a page. In a current hand, with borders of good English work. Completed in cent. xvi. |
| Provenance | Given by Nevile. It belonged to Matthew Parker (Abp.) whose name is on the fly-leaf in red pencil.Possibly from Sherborne: see contents.The fly-leaf is a bit of a much obliterated list of names (xv) with a payment noted for each.Sir Guy Wolston Knyght xxli etc. (one page).On another fly-leaf is the beginning of a chronicle (xv):Anglia modo dicta olim Albion dicebatur-dolorem animi eius deliniens et animans ad gaudium cor illius. Que consolacione. |
| Second Folio | vino et oleo |
| Religious House | Sherborne, Dorset, Benedictine Abbey |
| Donor | Neville [Nevile], Thomas (c. 1548–1615), College Head and Dean of Canterbury |
| Size (cm) | 21 x 14.5 |
| Folio | 186 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | LatinMiddle English |
| Collation | 4 fly-leaves | a8-f8 g6 || 18-38 (7 canc.)-108 | etc. xvi. |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.7.13/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 15/01/2014 |
Contents
Bibliography
Ker, N. R., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 3, 2nd edn (London, 1964)
Strongman, S., 'John Parker's Manuscripts: an Edition of the Lists in Lambeth Palace MS 737', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 7 (1977-80), 1-27, no. 27.
Freeman, T., 'John Bale's Book of martyrs?: the account of King John in Acts and monuments', Reformation 3 (1998), 175-223.
Mooney, L. R., The Index of Middle English Prose Handlist 11: Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1995), p. 30.
Luxford, J. M., A Previously Unlisted Manuscript of the Latin Brut Chronicle with Sherborne Continuation Notes (Oxford, 2002) p. 286-293.
Luxford, J. M., The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries, 1300 - 1540 : a Patronage History, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 12 (Woodbridge, 2005)
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