Matthæus VVestmonasteriensis, florilegus dictus, præcipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum domini. 1307

Author/creator Paris, Matthew
Other author Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.
Other author Rishanger, William, 1250?-1312?
Other author Roger, of Wendover, d. 1236.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondini : Ex officina Thomæ Marshij, Anno Domini. 1570.
Description[10], 440, 218, [2], 219-466, [22] p.
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Uniform titleHistoria major. Abridgments
Variant title Historia major. Abridgments
Variant title Matthæus Westmonasteriensis, florilegus dictus, præcipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi usque ad annum domini. 1307.
Variant title Florilegus dictus, præcipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum domini. 1307.
Variant title Florilegus dictus, præcipue de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi usque ad annum domini. 1307.
Variant title De rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum domini. 1307.
Variant title De rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi usque ad annum domini. 1307.
Variant title Elegans, illustris, et facilis rerum, præsertim Britannicarum, et aliarum obiter, notatu dignarum, a mundi exordio ad annum Domini. 1307. narratio.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteBook 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.
General note"Matthæus Westmonasteriensis" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation.
General noteAnother edition of STC 17652, published in 1567 with title: Elegans, illustris, et facilis rerum, præsertim britannicarum, ad annum domini, 1307. narratio.
General noteThe "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).
General noteEdited by Matthew Parker.
General noteReproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 17653.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1422:11)
Other title Flores historiarum.
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