History of England from the beginnings up through King Henry V's conquest of Rouen in 1419, and including the stories of King Lear, King Arthur, and other sources for later literature.
Language Note
In Middle English translated from Anglo-Norman.
Note
Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger, based on spine title: Chronicle of England. First line: Here may a man heren how Englonde was Fyrst called Albyon and thrugh whom it hadde the name. Collation: Leaves i + 92 + i (foliation in pencil; paginated p. 1-168, 172-178, continued in later hand p. 180, 181-186); no catchwords. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 42-50 lines approximately (dimensions of written space: 255 x 190 approximately); frame-ruled in drypoint; writing begins below first line; chapter headings, paraphs, boxes enclosing scribal notes, in red; signs of trimming; some marginalia, pen trials, and other notes in 16th and 17th century hands; a list of the 168 chapter headings at end of volume, made in 1604. Script: Written in Secretary hand by one or two scribes. Decoration: 2-4 line unfilled spaces for initials, sometimes with guide letters. Origin: Written in England around 1440. Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.b.106.
Publications about material
For a codicological description based on the microfilm, see The Imagining History project at Queen's University, Belfast, online.
Binding information
Bound in half-calf with marble paper boards in England ca. 1820.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Craven Ord (bookplate); Ord sale (London, June 25, 1829, no. 522) to Thorpe for Phillipps; Phillipps sale (London, 1913, no. 1102) to P.M. Barnard; no. 658 in a sale.
Cited/described in
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 3784 Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 725.2 Matheson, L.M. The prose Brut , 60
