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Composite manuscript, two parts (Latin): 1. (ff. 2-59) Gesta Normannorum Ducum / William of Jumièges, and other text(s). – 2. (ff. 60-107) Historia Regum Britanniae / Geoffrey of Monmouth, and other text(s)
Gesta Normannorum Ducum
Historia Normannorum
Historia Alexandri Magni
Vita Caroli Magni
Epistola Alexandri Macedonis ad Aristotelem
Epistola ad Aristotelem de situ Indiae
Historia regum Francorum
Genealogia comitum Flandrie.
Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Britonum
…
Part 1: decorated initials
Contributors
- Flavius Polemius
- Robert of Torigni
- Robert of Torigni
Creator
- …
- Pseudo-Callisthenes
- Einhard
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Nennius
- Orderic Vitalis
- William of Jumièges
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Einhard
- Orderic Vitalis
- William of Jumièges
Subject
- historiography (MMDC)
- Alexander the Great
- Charlemagne
- Middle Ages
- Reading culture (medieval)
- Reading culture
- Reading culture (monastic)
- Reading culture
Type of item
- manuscripts (documents)
- illuminated manuscripts
- Manuscript
- Illuminated manuscript
Medium
- Part 1: Parchment
- Part 2: Parchment
- parchment (animal material)
- Parchment
Contributors
- Flavius Polemius
- Robert of Torigni
- Robert of Torigni
Creator
- …
- Pseudo-Callisthenes
- Einhard
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Nennius
- Orderic Vitalis
- William of Jumièges
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Einhard
- Orderic Vitalis
- William of Jumièges
Subject
- historiography (MMDC)
- Alexander the Great
- Charlemagne
- Middle Ages
- Reading culture (medieval)
- Reading culture
- Reading culture (monastic)
- Reading culture
Type of item
- manuscripts (documents)
- illuminated manuscripts
- Manuscript
- Illuminated manuscript
Medium
- Part 1: Parchment
- Part 2: Parchment
- parchment (animal material)
- Parchment
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- Part 1: 1138-1139
- Part 2: [second quarter 12th century]
- 1125-1150
- 12th century
- 1125/1150
- 1138/1139
- 12th century
Places
- Part 1: France, Monastery Le Bec, Normandy
- Part 2: France, northern part, Monastery Le Bec, Normandy?
- Le Bec-Hellouin
- France
- France
Current location
- Leiden University Library
Provenance
- First mentioned in the Leiden catalogue of 1640 (Heinsius 1640).
- Part 1 was possibly brought to the Monastery Le Bec (Normandy) by Henry Huntingdon in 1138. – Bound together with part 2 since at least ca. 1164, as such kept in the monastery Le Bec (Normandy). According to a note on f. 1v, later in possession in Staunton, England (15th century).
- Benedictines of Notre Dame du Bec, Le Bec-Hellouin
Identifier
- Shelfmark: BPL 20
Extent
- 1 volume, 107 leaves
- Part 1: ff. 2-59
- Part 2: ff. 60-107
- Part 1: 323x224 mm
- Part 2: 320x217 mm
Format
- books
- Book
Language
- lat
- Latin
- lat
Is part of
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: previously digitised item
- In collection: Bibliotheca Publica Latina
Is referenced by
- Catalogus compendiarius 1932 = [H.P. Blok,] Catalogus compendiarius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Vol. 1 (Leiden 1932), p. 99
- Chotzen 1946 = T.M.T. Chotzen, 'The Leyden manuscript of Leges Wallicae'. In: Bulletin of the Board of Celtic studies 12 (1946-1948), p. 86-87.
- Davis 1989 = R.H.c. Davis, The medieval warhorse: origin, development and redevelopment. London 1989, (ad: f. 60r)
- Echard 1998 = S. Echard, Arthurian narrative in the Latin tradition. Cambridge 1998, (ad: f. 16r)
- Gerritsen 1963 = W.P. Gerritsen, Die Wrake van Ragisel. [Ph.D Utrecht]. Assen 1963, stelling 10
- Gumbert 2009 = J.P. Gumbert, Illustrated Inventory of Medieval Manuscripts. Vol. 2. Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek BPL (Hilversum 2009), nr. 1057-1058
- Heinsius 1640 = [D. Heinsius], Catalogus bibliothecæ publicae lugduno-batavae. Lugd.Batavorum 1640
- Hermans & 1982 = J.M.M. Hermans & E.M.C. van Houts, 'the history of a membrum disiectum of the Gesta Normannorum Ducum, now Vatican, Reg. Lat. 733 fol. 51'. In: Mededelingen van het Nederlands Instituur te Rome N.S. 9/10 (1982), p. 79-94, 219-226
- Lieftinck 1964 = G.I. Lieftinck, Manuscrits datés conservés dans les Pays-Bas. Vol. 1. Les manuscrits d'origine étrangère, 816-c.1550 (Amsterdam 1964), nr. 160
- Meuwese 2005 = M. Meuwese, King Arthur in the Netherlands. [Exhib.cat.] Bibliotheca Philosphica Hermetica. Amsterdam 2005, p. 24, 64
- …
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2021-12-21T16:02:40.639Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-02-28T18:55:56.900Z
Table of contents
- Part 1 contains: (f. 1v) Table of contents. – (ff. 2r-32v) Gesta Normannorum Ducum / William of Jumièges (F-redaction). – (ff. 33r-38v) Biography of Charlemagne / Einhard. – (ff. 38v-47r) Epitome de historia magni Alexandri regis Macedonum Historia Alexandri Magni / Pseudo-Callisthenes. – (ff. 47r-51v) Epistola Alexandri Macedonis ad Aristotelem magistrum suum de itinere suo et de situ Indiae / Pseudo-Callisthenes. – (ff. 52r-59v) Historia regum Francorum. – (f. 59v) Genealogia comitum Flandrie.
- Part 2 contains: (ff. 60r-101v) Historia Regum Britanniae / Geoffrey of Monmouth. – (ff. 101v-106r) Historia Britonum / Nennius. – (f. 106r-v) Historia ecclesiastica (Book VIII) / Ordericus Vitalis. Excerpt.