MS. Bodl. 212
Summary Catalogue no.: 2041
Sigebert of Gembloux, Robert of Torigny, etc.; France, 15th century
Contents
Language(s): Latin
As revised by Robert of Torigny (art. 5) and incorporating:
Parts of Jerome's translation of the Chronicle of Eusebius, from about 473 years after Abraham to about 1080: (fol. 13) from about 1977 after Abraham to 2343 = A. D. 329: at end 'Explicit Chronica Eusebii. Incipit Chronica Jeronimi'.
The Chronicle of st. Jerome, from A. D. 330 to A. D. 381
A. D. 381 to 1100, with a few additions.
Prologue
The usual extract from Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum.
Ends, unfinished, with 'interfecit & a Lati⟨nis⟩', a sentence or two being added in a later hand.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Coloured capitals.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Syon Abbey: 'Contents and foliation and 2nd folio 'hebreoeum' agree exactly with K 9 in Betson's catalogue. Vellum tags as in other Syon books.' (MLGB).
'Payn' (16th cent.) is on fol. 173.
William Camden: 'Donum Guil. Camden alias Clarentieux,' in sir Thomas Bodley's hand.
Probably acquired by the Library between 1605 and 1611.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-23: Description revised to incorporate all information from SC.