Geoffrey of Monmouth — 12th century; English
MS. Fairfax 28
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Geoffrey of Monmouth — 12th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Fairfax 28
Date
12th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Binding
Brown leather on bevelled boards, with leather strap and brass clasp, 15th-cent. English work.
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Title
The 'Historia Regum Britanniae' of Geoffrey, archdeacon of Mon-mouth and later bishop of st. Asaph
Shelfmark
MS. Fairfax 28
Summary
The 'Historia Regum Britanniae' of Geoffrey, archdeacon of Mon-mouth and later bishop of st. Asaph (1152-84), here with only the first prologue addressed to Robert earl of Gloucester: beg. 'Cum mecum multa et de multis sepius animo reuoluens': text beg. 'Britannia insularum optima' (fol. 1).
A 13th-cent. hand, which has added the title 'Liber Bruti, et continet quater viginti et x folia, et cc et v capitula' (fol. 1), has inserted marginalia and some rough sketches throughout. On an added quire of parchment Charles Fairfax has copied notes on Geoffrey of Monmouth from Selden (fol. iii) and a vision: beg. 'Facta est visio quedam mirabilis in claustro Cisterciensis ordinis Tripoli. Quidam monachus celebrauit coram abbate ...' (fol. iiiv), copied from MS. Fairfax 27.
Date
Written in the 12th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, binding, brown leather on bevelled boards, with leather strap and brass clasp, 15th-century English work
Physical extent
92 Leaves
Custodial history
There is an erased 16th-century inscription on the last leaf.
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Collection contents
The 'Historia Regum Britanniae' of Geoffrey, archdeacon of Mon-mouth and later bishop of st. Asaph
