Compleynt of Cryst. Guy of Warwick ; etc. : manuscript, [ca. 1450]
- Title
- Compleynt of Cryst. Guy of Warwick ; etc. : manuscript, [ca. 1450]
Alternative Title: Complaint of Christ
Alternative Title: Damage and destruction in realmes
Alternative Title: The governance of princes
Alternative Title: Guy of Warwick - Place of Origin
- England
- Date
- 1450
- Language
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
- Description
- Extent: 211 leaves, bound ; 30 cm.
print - Subjects
- Abstract
- 1. Compleynt of Cryst; imperfect at beginning (ff. 1-4r) -- 2. Guy of Warwick / John Lydgate (4v-12r) -- 3. The three kings of Coleyne / John of Hildesheim (13r-33v) -- 4. The governaunce of princes (34r-48r) -- 5. Damage and destruction in realmes / John Lydgate (49r-57v) -- 6. Shirley's Chronicles of England; imperfect at end (59r-211v).
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval-England-1400-1450.
Manuscripts, Medieval-England-1450-1500.
Rules (layout features)
Guide letters.
Romances
Early works to 1800 - Notes
- Written in at least two unidentified hands in mixed cursive script; with flourished initials and rubrics.
Bound in 19th-cent. blind tooled calf.
Curatorial file contains a letter to Joseph Lilly from Henry Bradshaw, dated 31 July 1866; copy of a ltter from A. I. Doyle, dated 1 January 1950; and other material concerning the manuscript.
In a tray case, 32 cm.
MS Eng 530. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version. - Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
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