• [Genealogies of the Kings of England]

Extent:
  • 1 roll : parchment ; 1400 x 138 mm.
Date:
  • 1377
Language:
Abstract:
  • Genealogical chronicle roll of the kings of England from Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) to Richard II (r. 1377-1399).
Description:
  • Ms. roll.
  • Title from verso, 18th century.
  • Incipit: “Iste Alfredus rex fuit Westsexie omnium antecessorum eminentissimus et prothomonarcha totius Anglie coronatus primitus a Leone pape et iunctus anno gratie 871. Hic genuit Edwardum et quinque filias, quarum una fuit imperatrix, secunda regina francorum, tertia regina scotorum, due sanctimoniales. Et regnauit annis 28 …"
  • Ending: "… Ricardus secundus post conquestum. Iste Ricardus coronatus anno etatis sue undecimo et gratie 1377. 17 kal’. Augusti.”
  • Collation: Parchment ; three membranes sewn end-to-end.
  • Description: Written by one scribe, who also made one substantial correction.
  • Decoration: The roll has 102 roundels (2 blank), among which 27 have the names of kings and are surmounted by crowns and connected by lines in brown ink.
  • Origin: Probably created in East Anglia shortly after 1377.
Binding note:
  • The end of the roll is attached to a wooden dowel (modern) by means of a slip of newer parchment.
Provenance:
  • Unknown early and intermediate provenance. The roll appears to have been in the antiquarian bookmarket since the early 1970s. On 4 June 2008 the roll was sold at Christie's, London to Sandra Hindman of Les Enluminures. She sold it to the Princeton University Library in 2009 (Acc. no. 2009-80).
Source acquisition:
  • Purchase; Sandra Hindman, Les Enluminures, 2009.
Contributor:
  • Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Princeton MS. 211
References:
  • Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, page 499.
Alternative:
  • Genealogical chronicle roll
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