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Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. and Trevisa, John, d. 1402., 2007,
Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne ..., CLARIN DSpace,
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/A68181.
| dc.contributor | Text Creation Partnership, |
| dc.contributor.author | Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. |
| dc.contributor.author | Trevisa, John, d. 1402. |
| dc.coverage.placeName | Westminster |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-25 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-25T17:04:26Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-25T17:04:26Z |
| dc.date.created | 1480 |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-01 |
| dc.description.abstract | Title from colophon, which reads: Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne the, whiche conteyneth englond wales and scotland .. which I haue taken oute of Policronicon, and bicause it is necessarie to alle englisshmen to knowe the propretees co[m]moditees [and] meruailles of them, therfore I haue sette them in enprinte according to the translacion of Treuisa, whiche atte request of the lord Barkeley translated the book of Policronicon in to englissh, fynysshed by me william Ca[and]ton the xviij. day of August the yere of our lord god M.CCCC.lxxx. and the xx. yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourthe. The "Polycronicon" is by Ranulf Higden. Text, [A]1v, begins "Hit is so that in many and diuerse places the comyn cronicles of englond ben had ..". Text proper begins on [A]2r: "The names of this iland. Capitulo j. fIrst as Galfride saith this lande was named Albion ..". Signatures: [A-C D⁶]. The "x" in "Caxton" in the colophon is misprinted as a Tironian "et". The last leaf is blank. Variant: colophon begins "Here endeth het ..". Sometimes bound with an edition of "Chronicles of England" (STC 9991 et seq.). Identified as STC 13440+ on UMI microfilm reel 519. Reproductions of the originals in the British Library and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Appears at reel 13 (British Library copy) and at reel 519 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy). |
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| dc.identifier | ota:A68181 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/A68181 |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| dc.relation.ispartof | EEBO-TCP |
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| dc.rights.label | PUB |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.title | Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne ... |
| dc.type | Text |
| local.branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| local.files.count | 4 |
| local.files.size | 2088697 |
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| local.identifier.stc | STC 13440A |
| local.identifier.stc | ESTC S106519 |
| local.language.name | English |
| otaterms.date.range | 0-1499 |
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