Ms. gathering. Title supplied by cataloger Foliation: Parchment, 8; 18; [1-8], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Layout: Written in 36-41 long lines (f. 1r-6r) and 5 columns of 38 lines (f. 6v-8v); ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines in the first work (f. 1r-6r). Script: Written in cursive anglicana script. Decoration: Red initials and paragraph marks throughout; early reader manicules (f. 2r, 2v, 3v). Binding: Modern parchment wrapper. Origin: Written in England, the main text (Chronicon and list of bishoprics) between 1277 (accession of Pope Nicholas III, f. 6r) and 1285 (death of Pope Martin IV, not in the main text), with continuations written shortly after 1285 (f. 6r) and between 1311 and 1314 (f. 5v, 6r) (Christie's). Formerly owned by George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, held in the library of Castle Howard, North Yorkshire (The manuscripts of the Earl of Carlisle, preserved at Castle Howard, 1897), and possibly by earlier members of the family. Offered for sale at an unidentified auction, 20th century, lot 246 (note in ink, front cover). Formerly owned by Marvin L. Colker, cataloger of manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin and professor of classics at the University of Virgina, MLC 120 (label 120, front cover; pencil shelfmark MLC 120, f. 1r). Sold at auction at Christie's (London), in the collection of Marvin L. Colker, 28 November-12 December 2022, lot 83.
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