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Transcripts of medieval chronicles

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.2978

Scope and Contents

Includes: (fo. 2) 'Codices Quidam Manuscripti Historiae Britannicae et Anglicanae Partem Complectentes'; (fo. 2v) transcript from unspecified MS of Nennius, 'Historia Britonum'; (fo. 11) blank; (fo. 12) transcript from unspecified MS of part of a chronicle derived from Geoffrey of Monmouth; transcript from unspecified MS of Henry of Huntingdon, 'Epistola ad Warinum'; (fo. 15) blank; (fo. 16) transcript of 'Eulogium Historiarum', Bk 5, cap. 78-186, apparently from Trinity College Cambridge MS R.7.2; (fo. 94v) blank; (fo. 100) transcript of continuation of Florence of Worcester, apparently from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge MS 92. Most of the sources have been edited. Occasional marginal notes in 18th-cent. hands. Attached to flyleaf is list of contents by H. R. Luard. Notes by J. Lee on text at fo. 150. Bookplates of John Haddon Hindley and J. Lee. 'Doctors Commons 1828. Repaired 1829'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1700 (Circa)

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

Details are available from Manuscripts Reading Room desk.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

(fo. 2v) 'Messrs Howell & Stewart 1828 £3 13s 6d' (hand of J. Lee). Purchased of W. Ridler, Feb. 1890.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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