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Title

Authors

• Martinus, Polonus, -1279

Other related names

• Howard, George James, Earl of Carlisle, 1843-1911, former owner
• Colker, Marvin L, former owner

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9979054822803681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1373363299

Publisher

Language

Origin

Date

1277?-1314?

Place

England

Summary

Manuscript gathering, written in England in the last quarter of the 13th century, containing part of the Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum of Martinus Polonus and a list of dioceses. The history of the emperors is written on the recto pages and the popes on the verso pages, with running titles Imperatores and Pontifices in the upper margin. The beginning of the chronicle is missing; the extant text begins with Henry V (emperor 1111-1125) and Anastasius IV (pope 1153-1154) and continues to the end of the Chronicon with the death of King Louis (1270) and the accession of Pope Nicholas III (1277). The list of dioceses, written at the same time as the chronicle, is a reference work that appears with chronicles elsewhere; this copy is partial, breaking off in the dioceses of Judea and Palestine (f. 8v). Two continuations in darker ink added later to the chronicle extend the popes through Nicholas III and Martin IV (written after Martin's death in 1285, f. 6r) and Honorius IV (f. 6r) through Clement V (including his condemnation of the Knights Templar in 1311, f. 5v). One of these later hands may also be responsible for manicules and marginal notes in the chronicle, including notes flagging Saint Thomas à Becket (f. 2r), the foundation of the Dominican and Franciscan orders and the canonization of Saint Francis (f. 2v), and the canonization of Saint Clare (f. 3v).

Notes

• Ms. gathering.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger
   
• 1. f.1r-6r: [Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum (partial, with continuations)] / [Martinus Polonus] -- 2. f.6v-8v: Isti sunt episcopi sub romano pontifice.
   

Extent

Foliation

Support

Binding

Layout

Script

Provenance

• Formerly owned by George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, held in the library of Castle Howard, North Yorkshire (The manuscripts of the Earl of Carlisle, preserved at Castle Howard, 1897), and possibly by earlier members of the family.
   
• Offered for sale at an unidentified auction, 20th century, lot 246 (note in ink, front cover).
   
• Formerly owned by Marvin L. Colker, cataloger of manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin and professor of classics at the University of Virgina, MLC 120 (label 120, front cover; pencil shelfmark MLC 120, f. 1r).
   
• Sold at auction at Christie's (London), in the collection of Marvin L. Colker, 28 November-12 December 2022, lot 83.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Dioceses
• Papacy--History
• Holy Roman Empire--History

Genres

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• lists (document genres)
• Annals and chronicles
• Manuscripts, Latin--13th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--14th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval

Keywords

• Chronicle
• 13th century
• 14th century
• English
• England
• History

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum (partial)
• fol. 6v — Isti sunt episcopi sub romano pontifice qui non sunt in alterius provincia constituti (partial)