Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 280: Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum

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Summary: CCCC MS 280 contains a copy of the text of the Historia Anglorum of Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1088-c. 1157), a chronicle written in England in the mid-twelfth century. In his edition of 1879 Arnold postulated that this manuscript was once in the library of St Augustine's, Canterbury, but M. R. James was unable to confirm this and Neil Ker rejected the thesis outright. The text as found in this manuscript has been used in the collation of the most recent edition of the text for material after 1138 by Greenway.
Contents: Historia Anglorum

Alternative title	Henry of Huntingdon
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 5 + 204
Date created	[ca. 1100 - 1299]
Language	Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	30 lines to a page
Height (mm)	255
Width (mm)	175
Collation	5 flyleaves, 1 paper leaf, 1(8), 2(8), 3(10), 4(8) 5(10), 6(8)-22(8), 23(10), 24(8), 25(6).
Writing	a very fine bold script
Foliation	ff. i-ii + 1-5 + 5a + 6-209 + 209a-b + iii-iv
Provenance	The manuscript is the first of those mentioned by Arnold in his Introduction to his edition, xxxv. He thinks it probable that it belonged to St Augustine's, Canterbury, but I cannot identify it in the catalogue, and no mark survives.
Research	Used in Savile's edition.
Additions	The flyleaves (ff. 1r-5v) are blank but for a late table of contents (f. 1v)., On the paper leaf is Bale's account of Henry of Huntingdon (f. 5ar).
2 fo.	terita representaui

M.R. James Date	xii-xiii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:sv855yf4401/MS_280.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:qd472gz3960/280.pdf
Contains	Title Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum. 6r-209v James Henry of Huntingdon. 6r-209v Author Henry of Huntingdon Rubric (6r) Incipit prologus Historie anglorum contexte ab Henrico Huntudonensi archidiacono. Anno gratie mo co xxxo vo Incipit (6r) Cum in omni fere litterarum studio Note A distinct change of hand occurs at f. 191r Explicit (209v) Spiritus es. caro sum. te nunc intrante reuixi Rubric (209v) Et iam regi nouo nouus liber donandus est Note (red) Rubric (209v) Explicit liber decimus. hic incipit liber undecimus Note (green) Rubric (209v) henrico iuniori Note (red) Ed. Arnold, Rolls Series, 292
TJames	54
Stanley	E. 10
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/qf131kj9626
Location	MS 280
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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