Peter of Langtoft's chronicle of Edward i and Biblical history in Anglo-Norman, Made up of two MSS. written about 1300 and 1350 in England
File
MS. Fairfax 24
Held at the Weston Library
A (about 1300):
- Fol. 2. Peter of Langtoft's chronicle of Edward i, beginning imperfectly in the middle of cap. 20 'ussent estre renduz en sa subiecioun'. For other MSS. see Romania, xv. 313; xxix. 61
- Fol. 15. 'Iste tractatus dicitur de maritagio novem filiarum diaboli', beg. '[L]i deable se vont marier', printed from a fuller text ascribed to Grossetête in Romania, xxix. 61
- Fol. 19. 'Ceo est la pleinte par entre misSire Henry de Lacy counte de Nychole, et Sire Wauter de Bybelesworthe pur la croiserie en la terre seinte', in six couplets: beg. 'Sire Gauter dire vous voil', published in Wright's Reliquae Antiquae, i. 134-7
B (about 1350):
- Fol. 21. Biblical history in Anglo-Norman beg. (rubric) 'Le commencement et li establissement de la bible en francois qui paroleit (?) des choses'
- Fols. 62-3 are from a mid-14th-cent. treatise on the organization of a seignorial household (cap. v 'Ceo est le office des paneters') and from the 'Rules of st. Robert' for the countess of Lincoln's household
- Leaves have been cut out between fols. 18-19, 20-1
Dates
- Creation: Made up of two MSS. written about 1300 and 1350 in England
Extent
64 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English, Old (ca.450-1100)
Shelfmark
MS. Fairfax 24
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 3904
Custodial History
Fol. 1 has 'Ex prioratu beate marie de Bolton in Craven com. Ebor.' (17th cent.) and 'C. Fairfax ex dono Geo: Clapham armigeri de Beamsley [?]'.
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
8 1/10 × 5 2/5 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk