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R.7.4

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Shelfmark R.7.4
Manuscript Title

William of Malmesbury, Gesta pontificum Anglorum
Alternative Title

W. Malmsburiensis De Gestis Pontificum
James Number 742
Century 15th16th
Physical Description

Mostly double columns of 32 lines. In three hands.
Provenance

Given by Nevile.
Second Folio Quid enim
Donor Neville [Nevile], Thomas (c. 1548–1615), College Head and Dean of Canterbury
Size (cm) 24.5 x 17
Folio 104 + 4 ff.
Material PaperParchment
Language Latin
Collation

14 28-108 11? (5 left): the rest paper.
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.7.4/manifest.json
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Contents

1. f.1 Lists of Archbishops and Bishops of the sees of England
The Abps of Canterbury are given as far as Robert Winchelsea: a slightly later hand adds Simon Islip.
2. f.5 Inc. prologus libri primi Willelmi de gestis pontificum anglo-(rum)
Prima sedes episcoporum
-sequentur ordine.
f.5b De Cantuar. archiepiscopis
Cantuarie sedit primus Augustinus.
Towards the end of quire 10 the hand gets smaller, and quire 11 has 53 lines to a column.
The vellum portion of the MS. ends f.76b(80b)
electis episcopis Gisone Well.
The rest is on paper of cent. xvi, 34 lines to a page, perhaps in a Parkerian hand.
et waltero herefordensi
-solus deo vacans.
Ends f.104(108b).
There follow three paragraphs.
Anno ab incarn. domini M.cc.lix regni autem H. regis filius regis Johannis.


Mr Hamilton in his preface to the Rolls edition of the Gesta Pontificum, p.xxiv, says that the conclusion, on paper, is copied from Ff.1.25 in the University Library.

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