Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 197A: The Trial of Joan of Arc. The Westminster Chronicle

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Abstract/Contents

Summary: CCCC MS 197A is the first part of what was, in James' time, a single volume; the other portion, containing the eighth-century Gospels, is now in CCCC MS 197B. CCCC MS 197A now contains sixteenth-century transcripts of King Alfred's letter to bishop Werfrithus (d. 915), the trial of Joan of Arc (Robert Ciboule's Tractatus and accompanying documents) and material relating to the treason and death of Archbishop Scrope (c. 1350-1405). The rest of the manuscript is taken up with continuations of Ranulf Higden OSB (d. 1364), Polychronicon including the unique version commonly called The Westminster Chronicle ending in 1389 and written not long after the events it describes. This part of the manuscript has been given a dating of c. 1400-25. Although the various elements of CCCC MS 197 were clearly assembled by Parker, nothing is known of how the medieval texts came into his possession.
Contents: Epistle of King Alfred to Bishop Werfrith -- The trial of Joan of Arc -- Articuli venerabilis domini Ricardi Scrope archiepiscopi Eboracensis contra Henricum quartum intrusorem regni Angliae A. D. 1399 -- Causa quare decollatus est archiepiscopus Ricardus Scrope -- Martyrdom of Richard Scrope -- Depositio regis Ricardi -- The Westminster Chronicle -- Acts of parliament 1 Henry VI and state of affairs during his minority

Description

Alternative title	Processus Johannae la Pucelle. Chronicon Westmonasteriense
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	2 ff., 42 ff.
Date created	[ca. 1400 - 1599]
Language	Latin; English; French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600); English, Middle (1100-1500)
Material	paper, Paper and vellum, Paper
Layout	54 lines to a page
Height (mm)	292
Width (mm)	240
Writing	in a pretty hand
Foliation	ff. i-iv + pp. a-d + 1-64 + 67-68 + 65-66 + 69-72 + 72a-73a + 73-110 + 110a-111a + 111-243 + ff. v-vi

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xvi and xv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fx410cn8802/MS_197A.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:kd312yp6223/197A.pdf
Contains	Title Epistle of King Alfred to Bishop Werfrith. a-d Nasmith The epistle of king Ælfred to Bishop Werfrith. a-d Author King Alfred Rubric (a) The Epistle of King Alfred to Werfrithus (erased), bishop of (Worcester) Note In English: on 2 ff. of paper Title The trial of Joan of Arc. 1-84 Nasmith Processus contra Iohannam dictam le Puzel. 1-84 Note 42 ff.xvi Rubric (1) Processus contra Johannam dictam le Puzel Note Documents in Latin and French with some English renderings (35) Extract from Hall's Chronicle (37) Description and figure of a Jewish coin figured in Beza's N. T.Apparently the coin was given to Parker by Ambr. Blaurer Rubric (39) Processus pro Joanna galla dicta le Puzell Incipit (39) De puella quadam Joanna nuncupata que temporibus nostris preter solitum feminis Note Ends p. 78: signed Robertus Cybole (78) Exscriptum ex originali ipsius authoris qui singulas paginas totius libri manu sua et nomine sic subscripserat R. C. R. C. This is Robert Ciboule who took part in the process of rehabilitation of Joan of Arc in 1437. See Quicherat, Procés, 1841-9, who has published extracts (79) Extract Rubric (79) ex historia quadam veteri ubi tractatur de regibus Richardi 2' et Hen. 4'. et est in supplemento Chronice Ranulphi mutuat. a Mro Lambert, et est liber L. Nowel Incipit (79) In primordio huius regis (Henrici quarti) excrescebat nimis insolentia indumentorum Explicit (79) nos percutere non desinet Note pp. 80-84 blank Title Articuli venerabilis domini Ricardi Scrope archiepiscopi Eboracensis contra Henricum quartum intrusorem regni Angliae A. D. 1399. 85-93 Nasmith Articuli venerabilis domini Ricardi Scrope archiepiscopi Eboracensis contra Henricum quartum intrusorem regni Angliae A. D. 1399. 85-93 Author Ricardi Scrope Rubric (85) Articuli venerabilis domini Ricardi. Scrope etc. Note Ed. by Wharton, Anglia Sacra II 362 from this MS Title Causa quare decollatus est archiepiscopus Ricardus Scrope. 93-94 Nasmith Causa quare decollatus est archiepiscopus Ricardus Scrope. 93-94 Rubric (93) Hec fuerunt cause quare decollatus est Archiepiscopus Ricardus Scrope Note Wharton, Anglia Sacra II p. 369 Title Martyrdom of Richard Scrope. 94-98 Nasmith Martirium praedicti Ricardi archiepiscopi. 94-98 Rubric (94) Hic incipit martirium predicti Ricardi Archiepiscopi Note Wharton, Anglia Sacra II p. 369 (96) Apparition of the Archbishop to John Sibson (p. 371) (97) Penance of the King (p. 371) (98) Story how Henry IV's body was thrown into the sea (p. 372 Ending Explicit (98) Deus omnipotens est testis et iudex quod ego Clemens Maydestone vidi virum illum et audiui ipsum iurantem patri meo Thome Maydestone omnia predicta fore vera Title Depositio regis Ricardi. 99-108 Nasmith Depositio regis Ricardi. 99-108 Note (101) (With sermon of Archbishop Arundel on p. 101) (104) Ending with Henry's revocation of allegiance to Richard, in English pp. 107-108 blank Title The Westminster Chronicle. 109-213 Nasmith Continuatio chronici Ranulphi per Iohannem Malverne, ab anno Domini 1236. ad annum 1394. 109-213 Note Ad annum 1346, Hic revera Ranulphus monachus Cestr. suas cronicas terminavit: Post hunc scripsit quidam monachus Wigorn. Iohannes Malvern. Saepe concordat haec continuatio cum Thoma de Walsingham et autore anonymo historiae Ricardi II. a Cl. Hearne editae, multa tamen habet quae in aliis frustra quaeres, digna certe quae historicis nostris impressis addatur Paper, 54 lines to a page: cent. xiv late or xv early, in a pretty hand. The quires have been of 16 leaves (109) Names of the children of Edward III. Distich on Kings of England (109) Edward I to the Abbot and Convent of Westminster, reciting the Scotch agreement (Norham 1291, Rymer, Foedera II 529) (110) Accounts, in French (111) 1326 Incipit (111) Edwardus tercius filius E. ij post conquestum adolescens quindecim circiter annorum uiuente adhuc patre suo Note (Polychronicon, Rolls ed. VIII, p. 324) Ends in 1394 with the death of the Countess of Derby Explicit (210) Istis quoque duabus sororibus hereditas duorum comitatuum herefordie videlicet et Northampton inter se spectabat equaliter diuidenda Note For this see Appendix I to the Polychronicon (VIII, 324 sqq., 355-406, IX, Introduction and pp. 1-283). In these the whole text is printed. For the greater part of it this MS. is the unique authority. The attribution to a monk of Worcester is incorrect. The Dean of Westminster has shown that the writer was a Westminster monk (Proceedings of the British Academy 1907) pp. 211-213 blank Title Acts of parliament 1 Henry VI and state of affairs during his minority. 214-244 Nasmith Acts of parliament I Henrici VI. and state of affairs during his minority. 214-244 Note Current hand, 44 lines to a full page Rubric (214) Acta habita in parliamento tento die lune proxima ante festum S. Martini anno regno regis henrici viti primo Note In Latin, French and English The last item is Rubric (239) Acta apud Cantuariam eodem anno viiio Note (243) ending p. 243 p. 244 blank
TJames	152
Stanley	M. 14
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tw503rn9731
Location	MS 197A
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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