Brut chronicle[ca. 1420-1450]enmManuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of the "common version" of the Brut chronicleIn Middle English.Annotations in red crayon probably by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury.Layout: single columns of 36 lines.Script: English bookhand.Decoration: numerous two-line initials in burnished gold or in blue ink with red penwork.Binding: nineteenth-century brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt; armorial binding of the Dukes of Newcastle.