Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 171B: Scotichronicon (Volume 2)
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 171, divided into two parts, A and B, since James' description in 1912, contains Walter Bower's Scotichronicon by Walter Bower (1385-1449), a history of the kingdom of Scotland beginning with its foundation with the arrival of Scota, daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh. This chronicle was a continuation and expansion of the Chronica gentis Scotorum by John Fordun (d. after 1363). The manuscript was written c. 1447-9 at the Augustinian abbey of Inchcolm in Fife and was amended under the direction of Bower himself, abbot of Inchcolm (d. 1449). It is considered to be one of the most important texts of late medieval Scottish historical writing in existence and was used as the basis for the nine-volume edition of the text published under the general editorship of D. E. R. Watt. There are a few coloured full and half-page drawings of major narrative events such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Coronation and funeal of Alexander III. It is not known how this manuscript came to be in Parker's collection.
- Contents
- Scotichronicon (Volume 2)
Description
| Alternative title | Scotichronicon |
|---|---|
| Type of resource | mixed material |
| Extent | ff. 20 + 371 |
| Date created | [ca. 1400 - 1499] |
| Language | Latin; French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600); English, Middle (1100-1500) |
| Material | Paper |
| Layout | 46 lines to a page |
| Height (mm) | 290 |
| Width (mm) | 206 |
| Collation | a(20) (the first six fragmentary: also 17 and 19), 1(20) 2(20) 3(22)-7(22) 8(20)-13(20) 14(22) 15(20)-18(20) (wants 20). |
| Writing | in a rather pointed hand |
| Foliation | ff. 151-371 |
| Provenance | Formerly belonged to the Abbey of Inchcolm: see later |
| Research | This MS. is numbered 3 in Skene's edition of Fordun (1871), p. xvi. Facsimiles of four of the pictures in it are given in National Manuscripts of Scotland II lxxxiii-lxxxvi. The whole of the Scotichronicon (Fordun with Bowmakar's continuation) was edited by W. Goodall in 1759. A good deal of the extraneous matter occurs in the Royal 13 E. 10 (Black Book of Paisley): including most of the genealogical matter, lists of Popes and Emperors, Provinciale, the tracts of John of Bordeaux and St Bernard, the memorial verses and the extracts from St Birgitta's Revelations. |
Bibliographic information
| M.R. James Date | xv |
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| Downloadable James Catalogue Record | |
| Superseded Interim Catalogue Record | |
| Contains |
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| TJames | 62 |
| Stanley | F. 9 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/cr633rp5601 |
| Location | MS 171B |
| Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
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