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    Brut Chronicle (1346 Continuation)
    Mid 14th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 103
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume. iv + 130 + ii folios, foliated (1-2), 3-130 (modern foliation). Folios iii and iv are vellum flyleaves (see below). Dimensions: 275 x 183 mm. Collation: 1 8, 2 8 lacking 2-7 after f. 9, 3-7 8, 8 8 lacking 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8 (ff. 51-2), 9-17 8, 18 8 lacking 7 and 8. Quires are signed in the usual late medieval way: a, b, d-s. 'The fifth leaf in each quire is marked on the recto, bottom right, with a cross made without raising the pen' (Ker). The second leaf of the text is missing, but according to Ker its first words were no doubt 'al this', since f. 9v ends 'herden' (Brie, p. 3 line 9). Medium: vellum, 'of good quality, thick and soft' (Ker). Binding: blind-stamped chestnut morocco, 19th century
    Language:Middle English and Latin
  • 2
    George Dunn Brut Chronicles
    15th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng Mss 206-207
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Collector: George Dunn.
    Extent:2 subfonds; 2 items
    Language:Middle English
  • 3
    Brut Chronicle (1413 Continuation)
    End 15th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 105
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume. iii + 134 + iii folios, foliated (i), 1-136, (137-8). Folios 1 and 2 are vellum binding leaves; 1 was pasted down. Dimensions: 278 x 206 mm. Collation of ff. 3-136: 1 16 lacking 2, 2 14 plus 1 leaf after 14 (f. 32), 3 16 lacking 15 and 16, perhaps blank, after f. 46, 4-5 16, 6 14 plus 1 leaf after 7 (f. 86), 7-8 16, 9 14 plus 1 leaf after 7 (f. 133), lacking 11-14 after f. 136. Quires are signed (a), (b), c-h, j. Medium: paper and for the outside, fourth, and middle sheets of each quire, vellum, except that vellum was saved in three quires by using singletons, ff. 32, 86 and 133, instead of bifolia; paper flyleaves. Binding: diced calf, rebacked, with remnants of a lion or panther rampant gilt-stamped on the first panel of the spine, 18th century
    Language:Middle English and Latin
  • 4
    Marlborough Brut Chronicle (1377 Continuation)
    Mid 15th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 102
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume. ii + 101 + ii folios, foliated 1-101 (modern foliation). Dimensions: 320 x 235 mm. Collation of ff. 1-43, 45-57, 60-101: 1 8 lacking 1 before f. 39 and 7 and 8 after f. 43, 7 8, 8 8 lacking 6 after f. 57, 9-13 8. ff. 44 and 58-59 are added leaves. Condition: f. 60v is damaged; a section of the leaf has been torn out, extending from the middle of the foredge to within 62mm of the gutter on the lower edge, with loss to twelve lines of text. Medium: vellum. Binding: full calf, the arms of Sir James Ley gilt-stamped on both board, early 17th century
    Language:Middle English and Latin
  • 5
    Tomlynson Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
    End 15th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 104
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume. ii + 133 folios, foliated 1-133 (modern foliation). Dimensions: 262 x 192 mm. Collation: 1-2 8, 3 8 lacking 7 after f. 22, 4-8 8, 9 8 lacking 2 after f. 64, 10-16 8, 17 8 lacking 8. Condition: ff. 1 and 131-133 are stained and water-damaged; f. 1r is barely legible. Medium: vellum. Binding: quarter calf, repaired in goatskin, marbled paper-covered boards, 18th century
    Language:Middle English and Latin