PolychroniconHigden, Ranulf, -1364[ca. 1325-1350]latManuscript, on vellum, of the text of the "short version" of the Polychronicon (final entry is for 1327).In Latin.Layout: double columns of between 44 and 51 lines.Script: cursive book hand.Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 404 marginal drawings in pen and ink, many with yellow wash: mostly portrait roundels, but also including two diagrams of Noah's Ark; views of London, Canterbury, Rome and other places; an image of the Annunciation; and a small T-map. Margins ruled to accomodate the roundels. One illuminated initial and others covered in matte gold.Binding: contemporary calf over wooden boards, rebacked. Upper cover plain; lower cover contains central panel with the letters POLICRONICON created by stamping background with seven-pointed star stamp. Background pattern of diagonal fillets with five-petalled flower in circle stamped at each intersection. Remains of leather clasps and one brass catch. Sewn on six raised bands.Byname: Takamiya Polychronicon.