William FitzStephen — 13th century, first half; English
MS. Marshall 75
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
William FitzStephen — 13th century, first half; English
Shelfmark
MS. Marshall 75
Associated place
Britain
Place of origin
English
Date
13th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 13leaves
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Title
'Descriptio nobilissime ciuitatis Londonie' by William Fitz-Stephen and A brief Latin chronicle of Britain to 1216
Shelfmark
MS. Marshall 75
Summary
1. 'Descriptio nobilissime ciuitatis Londonie' by William Fitz-Stephen, beg. 'Inter nobiles vrbes orbis' (fol. 1), hence printed by Thomas Hearne in Leland's Itinerary, vol. viii. For other MSS. (of which MS. Douce 287 is one) see Stow's Survey of London, ed. C. L. Kings-ford (Oxford, 1907), ii. 387, and Hardy, Materials for British History, ii. 331.
2. A brief Latin chronicle of Britain to 1216, beg. 'Britannie insularum optima' (fol. 4v). At fol. 8 in another hand is a Latin letter from H[enricus], archbishop of Nazareth, to Bornucinus, papal chamberlain, concerning the defeat of the Christians near Gaza in 1244.
Date
Written in the 1st half of the 13th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with slight illuminations in red and green
Physical extent
13 Leaves
Custodial history
The original cover consisted of a 15th-cent. fragment of a Latin commentary on the book of Wisdom, prol. beg. 'Ad notularum sequencium euidenciam'. fols. iv and 1 have 'Ra. Bosvile', 'Virtus propter se', about 1600, perhaps indicative of ownership by sir Ralph Bosville of Bradbourn (1578-1650).
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Collection contents
'Descriptio nobilissime ciuitatis Londonie' by William Fitz-Stephen and A brief Latin chronicle of Britain to 1216
