Brut Chronicle

Description

Title: Brut Chronicle
Published / Created: mid 14th century
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of the Brut Chronicle, up to 1333.
Description: Binding: 18th century. Brown, mottled calf with a gold-tooled spine and a red label.
In Anglo-Norman.
In Part II, Crude initials, 2-line, alternate red with purple penwork designs and blue with red, many with three-leaf clover design in body of letter.
Script: The codex is composed of two distinct parts that were early on bound together. Part I (ff. 1-16): Written in delicate Anglicana bookhand. Running titles, trimmed. Part II (ff. 17-74): Written in bold Anglicana bookhand.
Worn, stained, and repaired throughout.
Extent: ff. i + 74 + i : parchment ; 182 x 145 (160 x 118) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic): Anglo-Norman literature
Chronicles of England
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Brut Chronicle. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 405.

Orbis Record: 9734476
Object ID (OID): 2013489
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms405.htm