Historia regum Britanniae; with French moralistic poetry, etc
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Description
- Title
- Historia regum Britanniae; with French moralistic poetry, etc
- Creator
- Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
- Published / Created
- [between 1175 and 1250]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (sheepskin?) of 1) Geoffrey of Monmouth (Galfredus Monemutensis, d. 1154), Historia regum Britanniae. The text, containing the double dedication, to Robert of Gloucester and Waleran Count of Mellent, and wanting the epilogue addressed to Henry of Huntingdon and William of Malmesbury, is believed to be the earliest version of Geoffrey of Monmouth's work. 2) Unidentified French poem of which the end is missing (1276 verses preserved), on the vanity and corruption of the world. 3) Le Roman des Romans
- Description
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In French and Latin.
Script: Art. 1: Copied by one hand, writing a large Praegothica. Art. 2: Copied by a single hand in early Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria. Art. 3: Copied by a single hand in early Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria.
Art. 1: The decoration consists of Romanesque flourished (in one or two colours) or plain initials (2 lines, on f. 1r 4 lines), alternately in red and green. Guide-letters in the margins. On f. 55r, at the beginning of the history of Merlin, a male bust is drawn in the margin.
Binding: Original white leather over rounded oak boards; spine with four raised bands. Marks of one strap fixed to the front cover and clutching over a pin in the rear cover. The front pastedown (detached) consists of fragments of a court roll (from a trial of 1334), identified by N.R. Ker (note kept in the documentary folder in the Beinecke Library) and copied in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior (Anglicana). - Provenance
- Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 2324). Bequest of Norman H. Pearson, 1976.
- Extent
- ff. i + 131 : 245 x 170 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 590
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval England 12th century
Manuscripts, Medieval England 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
- Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.
- Subject (Topic)
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French poetry
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval
History - Subjects
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Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
French poetry > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Great Britain > History
England > 12th century
England > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9601029
- Object ID (OID)
- 9998995
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