Princeton University, Garrett MS. 153.
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS2225
- Shelfmark:
- Garrett MS. 153.
- Title:
- Chronica de rebus Glastoniensis
- Place:
- Glastonbury, England
- Date:
- 1497
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 155 leaves : parchment ; 325 x 215 (205-210 x 125) mm bound to 340 x 232 mm.
- Note:
- Incipit: Chronica ... ligentes quanta beneficia propter antiquos duodenos et pro perpetua eiusdem numeri continuacione huic ecclesie erant collata… -- Continuation Iohanni Breynton successit honorabilis in christo memorie Walterus de monyngton abbas glastonie qui assignauit refectorio pro reparacione vasorum annuum redditum viginti vnius solidorum ...
Explicit: Chronica Cui successit walterus de Monyton Anno domini millesimo trecentesimo quadragesimo secundo et Regis Edwardi tercii anno Sextodecimo. Liber monasterii beate Marie Glastonie quem Willielmus Wych monachus scribi fecit de uoluntate Richardi Bere abbatis anno iiiito -- Continuation In quorum omnium testimonium atque fidem tam abbatis quam conuentus sigilla presentibus sunt...
Ms. codex.
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Collation: Parchment ; fol. 18–1 (lacks leaf ), 2–88, 98–1 (lacks leaf 6, between fols. 69|70), 108, 118–1 (lacks leaf 8, after fol. 86), 128–1 (lacks leaf 3, between fols. 88|89), 13–198, 208–1 (leaf 8 cancelled; leaf 7 pasted down) ; catchwords in decorative banderoles, often knotted, at the end of quires ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 30 lines per page in 2 columns ; ruled.
Decoration: The prologue (fol. 2v) begins with a 3-line floriated initial U in burnished gold, on a burgundy, orange, rose, blue, and green square field, and black penwork sprays decorated with gold extending into the margins. Two-line blue initials with red penwork decoration for the beginnings of chapters, with occasional sections within chapters with alternating red and blue capitals.
Origin: Copied at the Benedictine Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Glastonbury, Somerset. The monk William Wyche had it copied for Richard Bere (d. 1524), Abbot of Glastonbury, 1493-1524, as indicated in the colophon on fol. 139v.
The manuscript was owned by: Hugh Daubeney; Lord Charles Bruce, 3rd earl of Ailesbury (1682–1747); later viewed in the library of Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce Ailesbury (1842–1911), 5th marquis of Ailesbury. Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript from the London antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch on 10 August 1928. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99113479023506421
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c12db3ad-1e68-4208-b1c5-7cf1ab4cddd7/manifest
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