Geoffrey of Monmouth — c. 1300; English
MS. Douce 115
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Geoffrey of Monmouth — c. 1300; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 115
Associated place
England
Canterbury
Date
c. 1300
Language
Anglo-Norman
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 73leaves
Decoration
Good initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 526)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
The Gesta regum Britanniae, by Geoffrey of Monmouth, beginning at chapter 2 (or 3) of bk. 1 ('Heneas post Troianum bellum')
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 115
Summary
No title in the MS. At fol. 66v is a prophecy in eleven Latin hexameters beg. 'Gallorum leuitas': supposed to be found at Rome.
Fols. 67 - 70v contain brief annals of England from b. c. 1220 (Brutus) to A.D. 1245, in French beg. 'Qui voet oir & voet sauer de Rey en Rey ... Deuant la Natiuite Notre Seigneur': (written early in the 14th cent.): and on fol. 7ov is a list of the archbishops of Canterbury to about 1315, in Latin.
Date
written chiefly in the 13th cent. in England
Language
French
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
73 Leaves
Custodial history
'Iste liber constat Johanni Stwarde militi filio Io. Scotangli militis ex dono prepotentissimi & nobilissimi dompni dompni ducis Bedford ...' (George Neville (?), 1470 - 77), with the arms of Steward coloured: 'Iste liber constat Ricardo Styward filio Thome Styward anno domini 1491.' 'Sir Simeon Steward Bart.' (d. 1816).
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Collection contents
The Gesta regum Britanniae, by Geoffrey of Monmouth, beginning at chapter 2 (or 3) of bk. 1 ('Heneas post Troianum bellum')
