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
Agent
Preferred form
Raoul de Diceto (11..-1200?)
Original form
Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
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.
