john oxenedes (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1st edition, revised. Quarter cloth over paper boards, F. xl+439pp+15pp publishers catalogue, folding plate, Ex- Monastic Library [ St Augustine's Ramsgate ] with their bookplate, cardholder, small paper label to the base of the spine, endpapers yellowed, otherwise a fine copy. Fine copies of the Rolls series are uncommon. The Chronicle of John of Oxenedes about who's life little is known. The Chronicle has survived in just two MS collections - ( Cottonian Nero D.ii & a second in papers from Clumber. ) The work was written at the Abbey of St Benet at Holme and is a history of England up until 1293, & it begins with Alfred the Great. It includes a history of St Benet Holme as well as several other brief documents and like all 13th century chronicles contains much on the author's own time. 1250 grams.