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London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E III

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E III
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Language
  • Latin
  • Anglo-Norman
  • Middle English
Title
  • Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum , Ymagines Historiarum ; Winchester Chronicle; Henry Knighton, Chronicon ; William Rishanger, Opus Chronicorum ; Tito Livio Frulovisi, Vita Henrici Quinti ; Robert Grosseteste, Epistola
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Description
  • This composite manuscript is made out of four parts. The first part contains the Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Abbreviations of Chronicles) and the Ymagines Historiarum (Images of Histories) by Ralph of Diceto (b. c. 1130, d. 1202), as well as the Winchester Chronicle . The second part was made in the 15th century and includes the Chronicon (Chronicle) of Henry Knighton (d. 1396). The third part contains the Opus Chronicorum (Chronicle Work) attributed to William Rishanger (b. 1250, d. 1312). The fourth part preserves the Vita Henrici Quinti (Life of Henry V) by Tito Livio Frulovisi (b. c. 1400, d. c. 1456) and Robert Grosseteste's (b. 1175, d. 1253) Epistola (Letter) to Pope Innocent IV. Contents: ff. 3v-62v: Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum , beginning: 'In opusculo sequenti trium temporum scilicet ante legem'. ff. 63r-153r: Ralph of Diceto, Ymagines Historiarum , beginning: 'Henricus Gaufridi Plantegenest comitis Andegavorum'. ff. 154r-168r: Winchester Chronicle , beginning: 'Ab incarnatione Domini nostri Ihesu Christi quid per annos mille'. ff. 169r-307r: Henry Knighton, Chronicon , beginning: 'Hoc opusculum post preclaros retroactorum eventuum in regno Anglie et eius confinibus luculentos cronografos'. ff. 308r-333r: William Rishanger (b. 1250, d. 1312), Opus Chronicorum , beginning: '[A]nno gracie millesimo ducentesimo quinquagesimo nono rex Anglorum Henricus'. ff. 334r-355r: Tito Livio Frulovisi (b. c. 1400, d. c. 1456), Vita Henrici Quinti , beginning: 'Cum a primis annis de parente meo suis et equalibus'. ff. 356r-356v: Robert Grosseteste (b. 1175, d. 1253), Epistola (no. 128 to Pope Innocent IV), beginning: '‘[D]omino pape et cardinalibus. Noverit discretion'. [ff. 1r, 1v, 2v, 3r, 168v are blank].Decoration:See Cotton Claudius E III, ff. 3v-168, 169-307, 308-333, 334-356.
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    • London
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    • [London]
    • London, : By A. Milbourn in Little Old-Baily.
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    • Hereford?, England
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    • England, Durham?
    • England, probably Durham
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