MS. Lyell 17

Martinus Polonus, Chronicle of Popes and Emperors

Language(s): Latin

Genealogy of the Dukes of Normandy and Kings of England from Rollo to King John

Language(s): Latin

Geographical and other notes on England and Rome

Language(s): Latin

Chronicle of England (Brut chronicle)

Language(s): Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Decoration

Rubrics and initials omitted.

History

Origin: 14th century, middle ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

York, Yorkshire, Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin: 'Liber monasterii beate Marie Eborum'. 'De perquisicione Iohannis Graystok liberar'' (fol. 1r). 'In .ii. a' (fol. 1v and foot of fol. 2r, i. e. foot of 1st leaf of text). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Quaritch's Cat. Illum. MSS. 1931, no. 114. From the West Park sale. In Quaritch's hands Sept. 1938. James P. R. Lyell. (MLGB3)

Lettered on back: 'Chron. Martini MS. 33' (s. xviii). (MLGB3)

James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948

Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from A. de la Mare, Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library Oxford by James P. R. Lyell (1971)