Matthæus VVestmonasteriensis, florilegus dictus, præcipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum domini. 1307
Contributors: Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.; Rishanger, William, 1250?-1312?.; Roger, of Wendover, d. 1236.
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 1422:11.
Publisher: Ex officina Thomæ Marshij
Published: 1570
Place of publication: Londini
Language: lat
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 466
Subjects: World history -- Early works to 1800.; History, Ancient -- Early works to 1800.; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Early works to 1800.; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Sources
Other titles: Historia major.; Matthæus Westmonasteriensis, florilegus dictus, præcipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi usque ad annum domini. 1307.; Florilegus dictus, præcipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum domini. 1307.; Florilegus dictus, præcipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi usque ad annum domini. 1307.; De rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum domini. 1307.; De rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi usque ad annum domini. 1307.; Elegans, illustris, et facilis rerum, præsertim Britannicarum, et aliarum obiter, notatu dignarum, a mundi exordio ad annum Domini. 1307. narratio.; Flores historiarum.
Work titles: Historia major.
Notes: 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.

"Matthæus Westmonasteriensis" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation.

Another edition of STC 17652, published in 1567 with title: Elegans, illustris, et facilis rerum, præsertim britannicarum, ad annum domini, 1307. narratio.

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.

Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library.

STC (2nd ed.) 17653.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1975. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1422:11).