- Title
- Chronicles ; in English : manuscript, [ca. 1420]
- Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328, creator
Gaydon, John, (Harvard local name), fl. 1553,, former owner.
Hood, Arthur William Acland, 1824-1901, former owner.
Mary of Woodstock, 1278-1332?, dedicatee.
Musgrave, William, 1655?-1721, former owner.
Palmer, T., active 1710, former owner.
Wren, Walter, former owner. - 1420
- England
- Translation of Trivet's chronicle in French dedicated to "Mary the doughter [sic] of King Edwarde the son of Harry."
- 1 v. (92 leaves) : vellum ; 41 cm.
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
- Manuscripts, Medieval-England-1400-1450.
Chronicles.
Catchwords.
Pricking (parchment marking) - Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485
- Ruled for two columns and written in a bastard secretary script; floral frontispiece; rubrics; flourished intials decorated in red, gold, and blue; and blue and red or gold and blue paragraph intials.
Lacks 2 leaves after f. 78, end imperfectly.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Bound in 19th-cent. half green goatskin with green cloth boards.
In a full green goatskin tray case, 44 cm.
With this is bound: Treatise on arboriculture; and Religious calendar of Sarum use.
Also available in an electronic version.
Chaucer Society, Originals and Analogues, 3 (1876): 223-250. - Chaucer's "Man of law's tale" is said to derive from the Story of Constance in this manuscript (ff. 53-59).
- MS Eng 938. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- 990096114820203941
- Title
- Chronicles ; in English : manuscript, [ca. 1420]
- Creator / Contributor
- Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328, creator
Gaydon, John, (Harvard local name), fl. 1553,, former owner.
Hood, Arthur William Acland, 1824-1901, former owner.
Mary of Woodstock, 1278-1332?, dedicatee.
Musgrave, William, 1655?-1721, former owner.
Palmer, T., active 1710, former owner.
Wren, Walter, former owner. - Date
- 1420
- Place of Origin
- England
- Description
- Translation of Trivet's chronicle in French dedicated to "Mary the doughter [sic] of King Edwarde the son of Harry."
- Extent
- 1 v. (92 leaves) : vellum ; 41 cm.
- Language
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval-England-1400-1450.
Chronicles.
Catchwords.
Pricking (parchment marking) - Subjects
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485
- Notes
- Ruled for two columns and written in a bastard secretary script; floral frontispiece; rubrics; flourished intials decorated in red, gold, and blue; and blue and red or gold and blue paragraph intials.
Lacks 2 leaves after f. 78, end imperfectly.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Bound in 19th-cent. half green goatskin with green cloth boards.
In a full green goatskin tray case, 44 cm.
With this is bound: Treatise on arboriculture; and Religious calendar of Sarum use.
Also available in an electronic version.
Chaucer Society, Originals and Analogues, 3 (1876): 223-250. - Biographical / Historical Note
- Chaucer's "Man of law's tale" is said to derive from the Story of Constance in this manuscript (ff. 53-59).
- Cite As
- MS Eng 938. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990096114820203941
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