A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Douce 120

Summary Catalogue no.: 21694

Contents

Language(s): Anglo-Norman

1.
Chronicle of England (Brut Chronicle)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 65 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.25 × 6.75 in.

History

Origin: 14th century, early ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

'Thys boke is myn G. Bergavenny which J leve yn my chamber att London the xxjth day of October anno xjo H. viijth', i.e. A.D. 1519: George Neville earl of Abergavenny died in 1535.

'Bought at Dr. [John] Campbell's sale, May 1776', Douce's note.

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.