Item 172 - William Aldis Wright: collation of MSS. of the metrical chronicle of Robert of Gloucester

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Add. MS c/172

Title

William Aldis Wright: collation of MSS. of the metrical chronicle of Robert of Gloucester

Date(s)

  • Aug. 1868 (Creation)

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1 vol. with 2 sheets laid in loose

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Other materials closely related to this volume were the bequest of William Aldis Wright, 1914.

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Scope and content

Collation of the British Museum's Cotton Caligula A.xi, and the Bodleian's, Digby 205 done August 13-August 25, 1868, with readings from Trinity College, Cambridge's MS, R.4.26, and University Library, Cambridge's MS Ee.4.31. With two printed poems laidread more

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See also printer's proofs of William Aldis Wright's edition, with his corrections, Adv.b.18.9 and Adv.b.18.1 and Adv.b. 18.13.

Publication note

The metrical chronicle of Robert of Gloucester, edited by William Aldis Wright, London, 1887.

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Title from spine.

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