Flores historiarum per MatthÆum Westmonasteriensem collecti, prÆcipuè de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum Domini. 1307.
Paris, Matthew,1200-1259.
Parker, Matthew,1504-1575,ed.
Rishanger, William,1250?-1312?.
Roger,of Wendover,-1236.Flores historiarum.
Londini : ex officina ThomÆ Marshij,
anno Domini. 1570 [2 June]
Book 1, covering through the year 1066, follows closely the "Historia major" of Matthew Paris. Book 2 is an abridgment from the same work, with additions, covering 1067-1307. The additions from 1259-1273 have been attributed to William Rishanger.
"MatthÆum Westmonasteriensem" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation.
The "Historia major" is based on an earlier work by Roger of Wendover also known as "Flores historiarum", probably based in turn on an earlier St. Albans chronicle. See Vaughan, Richard. "Matthew Paris" (Cambridge, 1958).
Edited by Matthew Parker.
Month date of printing from colophon.
Book 2 has separate pagination beginning on 3A1r.
A reissue of STC 17653, with quires A-X and part of the index reset. In this issue A3r catchword is "Temporibus".
Identified as STC 17653a on UMI microfilm.
STC (2nd ed.),
ESTC
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England London.