Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 342: John of Rainham OSB (attrib.), Annales ecclesiae Roffensis
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 342 demonstrates that Matthew Parker was not solely concerned to acquire original copies of manuscript material that interested him, but that he actively sought to propagate new copies of texts. This manuscript contains a version of the Flores historiarum (Annales ecclesiae Roffensis) with a particular emphasis on events in Rochester, sometimes attributed to Edmund of Haddenham OSB (fl. c. 1300), a monk of Rochester or John of Rainham OSB (d. 1294), prior of Rochester. This text was copied, on Parker's instructions, directly from BL Cotton Nero D.II, itself in the hands of Parker's secretary, John Joscelin (1529-1603) at the time. Parker's characteristic red chalk underlining in this volume reveals his interest in the subject of clerical marriage, a matter of more than public and historical interest to the Archbishop of Canterbury who was, despite Queen Elizabeth I's objections, a married man.
- Contents
- Annales ecclesiae Roffensis (a version of the Flores historiarum)
Description
Alternative title | Historia Roffensis |
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Type of resource | mixed material |
Extent | ff. 130 written |
Date created | [ca. 1500 - 1599] |
Language | Latin |
Material | Paper |
Height (mm) | 370 |
Width (mm) | 243 |
Writing | in several hands of cent. xvi, some extremely good |
Foliation | ff. a + i-v + 1-130 + vi |
Provenance | The volume is evidently a transcript of Nero D. 2 (on which see Luard, Flores Historiarum I p. xxvi). Wharton, Anglia Sacra I 341 (and p. xxxi) printed a great part of the passages relating to Rochester. Nero D. 2 formerly belonged to Joscelin, and the note mentioned by Nasmith was written by him therein. |
Bibliographic information
M.R. James Date | xvi |
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Downloadable James Catalogue Record | |
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record | |
Contains |
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TJames | 326 |
Stanley | 9. 2 |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/mx583dd3116 |
Location | MS 342 |
Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
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Collection
Parker Manuscripts
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