Brut chronicle.
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16371217
Description
- Title
- Brut chronicle.
- Alternative Title
- Chronicles of England.
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1420-1450]
- Publication Place
- [England],
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the "common version" of the Brut chronicle.
- Description
-
Annotations in red crayon probably by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Binding: nineteenth-century brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt; armorial binding of the Dukes of Newcastle.
Decoration: numerous two-line initials in burnished gold or in blue ink with red penwork.
Layout: single columns of 36 lines.
Probably formerly owned by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. Ex libris Duke of Newcastle. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Script: English bookhand. - Extent
- Ff. iii + 150 : parchment ; 285 x 190 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Takamiya MS 29
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
-
Armorial bindings
Decorated initials
Manuscripts, Medieval--England--15th century. - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Topic)
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English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500.
English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graff, 2010, pp. 421-437.
Brut Chronicle. Takamiya MS 29.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11736757
- Object ID (OID)
- 16371217