Galfredus, Monumetensis (1100-1154)
This 13th century manuscript offers a selection of texts from the legend-filled history of Great Britain: the knightly romance "Gui de Warewic" (Guy of Warwick) and the Anglo-Norman rhyming chronicle the "Roman de Brut" (History of the Britons) by Wace, which recounts the conquest of the British Isles by a great grandson of Aeneas, the returned hero of Troy. A translation of the "Prophéties de Merlin" (Prophesies of Merlin) by Helias follows. The volume closes with "Florence de Rome", a text that may be characterized as half "chanson de geste" and half adventure romance.
Online Since: 03/25/2009
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Galfredus, Monumetensis (Author) | Maggs Bros. Ltd. (Seller) | Wace (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript of English origin contains the Historia regum Britannie by Geoffrey of Monmouth (ca. 1100-1154). At the end of the text (114v), the writer transcribed some annotations regarding the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, a note about Edward I, King of England, and about the defeat Edward II suffered at Bannockburn.
Online Since: 03/22/2017
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Fludd, Robert (Former possessor) | Galfredus, Monumetensis (Author) | Robinson, William H. Ltd. (London) (Seller) Found in: Standard description
This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and contains Guiron le Courtois, a romance about the fathers of the knights of the round table written around the year 1235. The various tales are presented here in an order unique to the to the CB 96 manuscript.
Online Since: 03/25/2009
- Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Evans, Robert Harding (Seller) | Galfredus, Monumetensis (Author) | Heber, Richard (Former possessor) | La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de (Former possessor) | Phillipps, Thomas (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript contains the Historia Regum Britannie by Geoffrey of Monmouth (around 1100-1154) (pp. 3-121, Incipit Prologus in brittannicam hystoriam); excerpts from the Collectanea rerum memorabilium by Solinus (pp. 122-128), and the Epistola presbiteri Johannis, the so-called Letter of Priester John (pp. 128-130), all in Latin. The volume is mentioned in the library catalog of 1461.
Online Since: 06/23/2014
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Buchegger, Franz Eduard (Librarian) | Galfredus, Monumetensis (Author) | Johannes, Presbyter (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Plinius Secundus, Gaius (Author) | Solinus, Gaius Julius (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Galfredus, Monumetensis (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Arx, Ildefons von (Librarian) | Buchegger, Franz Eduard (Librarian) | Galfredus, Monumetensis (Author) | Johannes, Presbyter (Author) | Pater Pius Kolb (Librarian) | Plinius Secundus, Gaius (Author) | Solinus, Gaius Julius (Author) Found in: Additional description