Author
Paris, Matthew, 1200-1259.
Uniform title
Historia major
Title
Matthæi Paris monachi Albanensis Angli, Historia major. Juxta exemplar Londinense 1640, verbatim recusa; et cum Rogeri Wendoveri, Willielmi Rishangeri, authorisque majori minorique historiis, chronicisque mss, in Bibliotheca Regia, Collegii Corporis Christi Cantabrigiæ, Cottoniáque, fidelitèr collata. Huic editioni accesserunt, duorum Offarum Merciorum regum; & viginti trium Abbatum S. Albani vitae. Una cum libro additamentorum. Per eundem authorem. Editore Willielmo Wats S.T.D. Qui & variantes lectiones, adversaria, vocumque barbarum glossarium, adjecit: simul cum rerum, nominumque, indicibus locupletissimis.
Imprint
Londini : impensis A. Mearne, T. Dring, B. Tooke, T. Sawbridge, & G. Wells, MDCLXXXIV. [1684]
Physical description
[130], 424, 451-859, 856-861, [13], 961-1048, 1041-1175, [37] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 2⁰.
Note
Based on an earlier work by Roger of Wendover also known as "Flores historiarum", probably based in turn on an earlier St. Albans chronicle. Cf. Vaughan, Richard. Matthew Paris (Cambridge, 1958).
Note
Title page in red and black.
Note
"Vitæ duorum Offarum" has a separate title page, dated 1683; pagination continues on p. 961 with quire 6N.
Note
The authorship of Vitae duorum Offarum is uncertain, only part, if any, is by Paris--NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Note
Edited by William Watts.
Note
Includes glossary and index.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), P359
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1982. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1291:10).
Subject
Offa, King of the Mercians,
Subject
St. Albans Abbey
Subject
1641-1700 local
Subject
Great Britain (Place) History Medieval period, 1066-1485 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Roger, of Wendover, -1236. Flores historiarum.
Added entry--name
Watts, William, 1590?-1649.
Added entry--place
Great Britain England London.
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