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Chronicle (MS B.5).

Accession number
MS B.5
Object title
Chronicle (MS B.5).
Display Date
between 1450 and 1475.
Created
England, probably London, between 1450 and 1475.
Binding
The manuscript is loose in a vellum wrapper that is made of an early 15th century astronomical manuscript.
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler; 1985.
Description
115 leaves (1 column, 38-40 lines), bound : paper ; 287 x 220 mm
Provenance
Mylner family, London; John Anstis; Charles Brietzcke; Dowdeswell Family Library, Pull Court, Bushley, Worcestershire; purchased by Curt F. Bühler at their sale at Sotheby's (London, Feb. 14, 1933, lot 395).
Notes
Ms. written in England, probably London, third quarter of the 15th-century.
Formerly with the manuscript was a manuscript title page on paper that is now held in the curatorial folder; it reads: Harding's chronological poem. [three rules] Purchased out of the collection of John Anstis Esq: [three rules] Charles. Brietzcke, December. 1768.--Cf. PML files.
Script
Gothic cursive
Language
Middle English
Century
Classification