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[Genealogical chronicle of the kings of England to Edward IV]

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3qk24
Title: [Genealogical chronicle of the kings of England to Edward IV]
Name: Peter, of Poitiers, approximately 1130-1205 (attributed name)
Date: 1461
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: genealogies (histories), chronicles, scrolls (information artifacts), portraits, world maps, Manuscripts, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, Genealogy, Specimens, manuscripts (documents)
Description: An illuminated chronicle tracing the descent of Edward IV from Adam, through Brut and Arthur (generally following the 12th-century account of Geoffrey of Monmouth), and the historical kings of England. The text draws on other historical authors such as Roger of Wendover, Matthew of Paris, and Ranulf Higden. The latest event in the text is the marriage of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou in 1445 and the appointment of Edward's father, Richard, duke of York, as regent in France; the illustration of Edward IV as king must be from his accession in 1461 or later. On the verso (outer surface of roll) is the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi attributed to Peter of Poitiers, illustrated with drawings, followed by a diagram of Roman emperors and Christian popes.
Extent: 1 roll (13 membranes) : parchment ; 1122.25 x 32 cm
Language: Latin
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Ms. roll., Title supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Temporum summam lineamque descendentem ... " (prologue from Roger of Wendover's Flores historiae); explicit: "Et tunc dominus Ricardus dux Ebor regens nationem francie.", Script: Written in an anglicana hand., Decoration: 3 large roundels with tinted drawings of Adam and Eve, a T-O or tau world map, and Noah's ark (membrane 1); 3 mandorlas with tinted drawings of full-length figures (Brut, membrane 2; Claudius and Lucius, membrane 5; Arthur, membrane 7); 14 medium roundels of bust-length kings and queens in color in frames of burnished gold linked by bands of burnished gold following a full-length portrait of William the Conqueror in a frame of burnished gold (membrane 12); about 160 small roundels with bust-length kings and queens in color; one roundel of the monogram of Jesus; yellow, green, and red bands linking roundels containing names or portraits. In text, rubrication, capitals touched yellow, numerous blue initials flourished in red, and 3 large initials with staves of burnished gold on divided grounds of pink and blue. On the verso, 9 roundels with tinted drawings (an illegible one that probably showed Adam and Eve, Noah harvesting grapes, sacrifice of Isaac, diagram of the sons of Jacob, David playing the harp, Zedekiah, diagram of Jerusalem with its gates, the Nativity, the Crucifixion); red and blue bands linking yellow roundels with names; names of emperors and popes ringed in red., Origin: Written and illustrated in England, probably London, soon after the accession of Edward IV in 1461., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Additional support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation and the Walter J. Miller Trust., Latin, with a few words in Middle English.
Relation: The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Transcription: https://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/online-exhibits/ms-roll-1066, Unique at Penn blog post: https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/12/, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3qk24
Subject: Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483 Family, Jesus Christ Genealogy Early works to 1800, Jesus Christ, Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483, World history -- Early works to 1800, World history, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic -- Specimens, Kings and rulers, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic, History of Biblical events, Families
Geographic Subject: Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy -- Early works to 1800, Great Britain
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Roll 1066
Provenance: Previously sold by Philip Duchnes (New York)., Formerly in the collection of Cornelius J. Hauck, given to the Cincinnati Historical Society in 1966., Sold at auction at Christie's (New York) as part of the Hauck Collection, 2006., Sold by Sam Fogg (London), 2007., Hauck, Cornelius J. 1893-1967, former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9941717573503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3qk24/manifest

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University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Roll 1066

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