University College MS. 154
Contents
Chronicle of England (Brut Chronicle)
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Support: vellum
Decoration
Border and initial on opening folio, flourish initials throughout.
Binding
Late 15th-century panelled brown leather (worn)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
"olim, ut videtur, Willelmi Manyngham, Christophori Purpilli, W. Bendloues, et Willelmi Bere." (Coxe) "Christopher Purpillus, 1604, pp. i, 241. Possibly given to Univ. by Mary Langbaine, widow of Gerard Langbaine (d. 1692)." (Alexander and Temple, p. 54)
Record Sources
Summary description based on the following sources.
J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 551 [information on decoration and origin]
S. J. Ogilvie-Thomson (ed.), The Index of Middle English Prose VIII: Manuscripts Containing Middle English Prose in Oxford College Libraries (Cambridge, 1991), p. 121
Availability
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-01-13: Record created.