MS. Bodl. 101
Summary Catalogue no.: 1948
Physical Description
Composite: four parts
Form: codex
Extent: ii + 75 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.25 × 6.625 in.
Accompanying Material
Fols. 71–2 are two (folded) parts of a computus roll apparently of a religious house at Canterbury, perhaps of 1448 (fol. 72v), in Latin.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Apparently received by the Bodleian in 1605.
MS. Bodl. 101 – Part 1
Contents
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 12)
Rubric: De dedicacione ecclesie Westmonasteriensis per beatum Petrum apostolum ... nocte Dominica xjº Kalendas Aprilis anno Domini vjc iiijto'
Incipit: Tempore quo rex Adelbertus
Cf. The History of Westminster Abbey by John Flete, ed. J. Armitage Robinson (1909), p. 3.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Bodl. 101 – Part 2
Contents
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 17bv)
'Sancte Dunstane ora pro' in a 15th cent. hand.
1. (fol. 18)
Chronicle of England 1066–1327 Rubric: Cronica Anglie
Incipit: Willelmus Bastard filius Roberti Guyscard rexit Angliam
2. (fol. 19)
Chronicle of England 1307–1321 (Gesta Edwardi de Caernarvon) Rubric: Incipiunt Gesta Edwardi regis Anglie dicti de Carneruan
Incipit: (preface) (fol. 18v) Autoritatis & industrie magne fuit
Incipit: Quamuis in hac vita
Explicit: articulos subsequentes
This is the first part of a larger work by a canon of Bridlington, which is found in two 17th century transcripts from lost MSS.: see Chronicles of Edw. i and ii (Rolls Series), vol. ii (1883).
3. (fol. 32)
Chronicle of England 1274–1367 Rubric: De gestis Anglorum regum Gallicorum & Scotorum bellis & alijs infinitis miserijs
Incipit: Anno gracie Mmo ccº lxxiiijto Coronacio Edwardi regis
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Bodl. 101 – Part 3
Contents
1. (fol. 36)
Chronicle of England to 1347 Incipit: In principio creauit Deus celum & terram, id est celum empireum
Rubric: (fol. 47v) Incipiunt Cronice a Natiuitate Christi compendiose edite
With notes.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Bodl. 101 – Part 4
Contents
1. (fol. 57)
Chronicle of England, Brutus-1377 Rubric: De Anglia id est Britannia maiore a Bruto dicta. Tabula omnium regum ... de gente Britonum Romanorum Danorum & Normannorum
Incipit: Anglia que quondam a Bruto Britannia est vocata
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-03: Revised to incorporate all information in SC.