Item Summary

Genealogical chronicle roll of the kings of England from Alfred the Great (r. 871-899) to Richard II (r. 1377-1399).

Descriptive Information

Title
[Genealogies of the Kings of England]
Call Number
Princeton MS. 211
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc028716076
Publisher
[England], [approximately 1377]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1377
Extent
1 roll : parchment ; 1400 x 138 mm.
Provenance
Unknown early and intermediate provenance. The roll appears to have been in the antiquarian bookmarket since the early 1970s. On 4 June 2008 the roll was sold at Christie's, London to Sandra Hindman of Les Enluminures. She sold it to the Princeton University Library in 2009 (Acc. no. 2009-80).
Source Acquisition
Purchase; Sandra Hindman, Les Enluminures, 2009.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, page 499.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. roll.
Title from verso, 18th century.
Incipit: “Iste Alfredus rex fuit Westsexie omnium antecessorum eminentissimus et prothomonarcha totius Anglie coronatus primitus a Leone pape et iunctus anno gratie 871. Hic genuit Edwardum et quinque filias, quarum una fuit imperatrix, secunda regina francorum, tertia regina scotorum, due sanctimoniales. Et regnauit annis 28 …"
Ending: "… Ricardus secundus post conquestum. Iste Ricardus coronatus anno etatis sue undecimo et gratie 1377. 17 kal’. Augusti.”
Collation: Parchment ; three membranes sewn end-to-end.
Description: Written by one scribe, who also made one substantial correction.
Decoration: The roll has 102 roundels (2 blank), among which 27 have the names of kings and are surmounted by crowns and connected by lines in brown ink.
Origin: Probably created in East Anglia shortly after 1377.
Binding Note
The end of the roll is attached to a wooden dowel (modern) by means of a slip of newer parchment.

Discovery Information

Subject
Great Britain—Kings and rulers—Genealogy—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—England
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
illuminated manuscripts
Parchment (Paper)

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/38b712a2-4bed-4f6c-ac35-953a4b86ec31/manifest