Flores historiarvm per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti, praecipuè de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum Domini. 1307..
Paris, Matthew,1200-1259.
Parker, Matthew,1504-1575.
Rishanger, William,1250?-1312?
Roger,of Wendover,-1236.Flores historiarum.
Haze, Robert,active 1571,former owner.StEdNL
Londini, : Ex officina Thomae Marshij,,
anno Domini. 1570..
A3r catchword: 'Tem-'; K3 signed 'I iij.'; sig. O2 under 'vt vnns [sic]'; in index, **3r catchword: 'Ventus'. Some copies omit the beginning of the errata on **3v. Quires A-X and index sometimes found mixed w. 17653a.3.
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.
Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation.
Edited by Matthew Parker.
Colophon dated: secundo die Iunij, anno gratiae. 1570.
Book 2 has separate pagination beginning on 3A1r.
Includes index.
Pages 101-108 of Book 2 are misnumbered 1001-1009.
With errata beginning on leaf **3 verso.
Leaf 4Q6 is blank.
Copy identified on UMI microfilm as STC 17653a is actually STC 17653a.3.
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Scored out ink inscription on title page: Roberti Haze 1571. Inscription in contemporary hand covers one and a half sides of front flyleaf.
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