Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 174: Middle English Prose Brut chronicle

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Summary: CCCC MS 174, dating to c. 1420, contains a version of the Middle English prose Brut chronicle sometimes defined as the 'Common Version' to 1377. As such it represents another manuscript that demonstrates Parker's interest in British history, attested by a note in his own hand referring to a similar text in CCCC MS 182. Another sixteenth-century hand has added a note to the effect that this text served as the model for William Caxton's Fructus temporum. The version of the text as preserved in this manuscript was used as the basis for the edition of the Brut for the years 1333 to 1377 edited by F. W. D. Brie in 1908. Its provenance is unknown.
Contents: Middle English prose Brut chronicle (Common Version)

Alternative title	Chronicle of England
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 198 + 2
Date created	[ca. 1400 - 1499]
Language	English, Middle (1100-1500); Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	31 lines to a page
Height (mm)	292
Width (mm)	200
Collation	1 flyleaf, 1(8)-16(8) 17(6) 18(8)-25(8), 1 flyleaf.
Writing	in a good clear hand
Foliation	ff. i-ii + 1-198 + iii-iv
Research	For the period 1333 to 1377, this MS. has been used for the edition by Dr F. Brie (E. E. T. S.), the introduction to which has not yet appeared. It was also used, as Mr J. A. Herbert tells me, by Joshua Barnes, for his history of Edward III.
Additions	On f. 198v, note by Parker: hic desunt usque ad 7 h. quinti. This refers to MS 182. A later note: imperfect. he wrot to almost the end of Edw. 4th.
Decoration	The catchwords are enclosed in rather elaborate ornaments.
Writing	About f. 24r the hand begins to get larger and settles into a script which continues to the end.

M.R. James Date	xv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:kx589xw4485/MS_174.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:wp067ht1931/174.pdf
Contains	Title Middle English prose Brut chronicle (Common Version). 1r-198v James Chronicle of England. 1r-198v Note (1r) Good border of gold and colour to f. 1r (1r) Title xvi: William Caxton's Fructus Temporum Rubric (1r) Here may a man hure (how) Engelande was fferst callede albyon and þoruȝ wham hit had þe name Incipit (1r) In the noble land of Syrrie Note In 239 chapters, ending with the death of Edward III Explicit (198v) he deide att Shene and is beried worshipfully at Westmynster on whos soule god haue mercy. Amen
TJames	63
Stanley	F. 7
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/wj619mn4302
Location	MS 174
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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