| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | MS 355 |
| Extent | ff. 125 |
| Title | IVONIS CHRONICON ETC. |
| Date | 12th century-13th century |
| Description | Title by Sancroft.
In cover at bottom is written (xiii): prologus operis subse-
quentis deest.
1. Inc. excepta Iuonis uen. ep. Carnotensis. In primis de gestis
quorundam regum assiriorum et gestis omnium Romanorum
imperatorum. et ad ultimum de karolo magno rege francorum
et eius filio ludouico pio (clxiii. 629) . . . . . f. 1
Assiriorum igitur rex potentissimus fuit olim Ninus
Large initials in red and blue, filled with red and green ornament.
At 22b after the section on the Parthians: Inc. deflorationes
ecclesiastice hystorie
At 44b after Titus: Inc. prologus quartus.
Maximus error uersatur in cordibus iudeorum
The next chapter is on Domitian.
- Repperit quoque dalmatice usum. Expl. quartus prologus.
Inc. quintus de situ galliarum . . . . 60b
Precedenti libro spiritus sancti suffragio
Ends with Ludouicus pius: karolus uero pius franciam bur-
gundiam et aquitaniam optinuit solus.
Expl. de omnibus imperatoribus Romanis quorum quidam
reges francorum fuerunt usque ad tempus uidelicet Ludouici
pii karoli magni filii qui ludouicus ultimus rex francorum et
imperator romanorum fuit anno scilicet incarn. domin.
octing. quartodecimo intronizatus.
See another copy in MS 440.
2. Inc. compendiosum cronicum de regibus francorum . . . . 121
Francis(-os) lingua attyca ualentinianus imperator a feritate et
duricia atque audacia uocari prius uoluit etc.
Primus rex. Pharamundus rex primus francorum; Bliceta
uiennensis ecclesie episcopus. Lugdunensis ep. iustus. relicto
episcopatu in egipto anachoreta moritur etc.
Ends with xxxii: Lodouicus fil. philippi rex f. xxxi regnauit
annis. xxx. obiit autem incarn. d(ni) m. c. xxxvij.
3. In another hand.
Quantum archiepiscopi Cantuar. in archiepiscopatu uixerunt et
a quibus apostolicis pallia sua susceperunt . . . . . 124b
Sedit . . . Anni . . . . Menses dies
Gregorius Augustinus XVI.
Idem Laurentio V etc.
On Cuthbert is the note: Hic primus sepultus est in ecclesia
sua et omnes successores eius preter Jamber[ber]tum.
On Robert: Hic expulsus est ab anglia.
On Stigand: Hic a Willelmo rege in carcere positus est ibique
defunctus.
On Lanfranc: Hic primus in habitu clericali archiepiscopatu
functus est.
Ends: Lucius Baldewino VI. VI. III.
vacauit [added xvi: iii minus xvi diebus. Sic codex alter.]
Used by Wharton, A.S. I. 87.
125b blank. |
| AccessConditions | Handle with care: One clasp detached, loose inside the box |
| FindingAids | Catalogue description based on M. R. James, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Lambeth Palace: The Mediaeval Manuscripts' (Cambridge, 1932) |
| PhysicalDescription | Vellum, 10 1/4 x 7 1/4, 29 lines to a page in very good hands.
Old binding: smooth red leather over original wooden boards: two clasps.
Collation: 1(8)-16(8) (wants 6-8). |
| CustodialHistory | In the cover is: Lib. S. Aug. de Bristoll' (xiii).
At top of f. 1: Thomas Cantuarien. (i.e. Cranmer) and at bottom Lumley.
Former Cambridge shelfmark: N. [eta]. 14 (see published catalogue by M. R. James and Concordance IV in N. R. Ker, 'Archbishop Sancroft's Rearrangement of the Manuscripts of Lambeth Palace', in E. G. W. Bill, 'A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library MSS. 1222-1860', Oxford, 1972).
Later shelfmark: quarto 15 |
| Copies | Microfilm: Lambeth Palace Library MS Film 1283
Available from World Microfilms Publications:
"Lambeth Palace Library: The Mediaeval Manuscripts" Section IV. Humanistic Studies. Reel 23 (with MSS. 342, 354) |
| RelatedMaterial | MS 440 (see Description field). |
| PublnNote | See Description field.
D.G Selwyn, "The library of Thomas Cranmer" (Oxford Bibliographical Society. 3rd series, vol. 1. 1996) [Lambeth Palace Library H5198.C7S3] |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| GB/109/16730 | St. Augustine's Abbey; c.1153-1540; Augustinian religious house | c.1153-1540 |
| GB/109/18526 | Diocese of Canterbury; Archbishop | |
| GB/109/18527 | Lanfranc (c.1010-1089); Archbishop of Canterbury | c.1010-1089 |
| 42 | Cranmer; Thomas (1489-1556); Archbishop of Canterbury | 1489-1556 |
| GB/109/18717 | Ivo of Chartres (c.1040-1115); Saint; Bishop of Chartres | c.1040-1115 |
| GB/109/15447 | Lumley; John (c 1534-1609); 1st Baron Lumley; collector and conspirator | c 1534-1609 |