Shelfmark
DDf.9.18
Main entry--uniform title
Saint Albans chronicle.
Title
Here endeth this presente cronycle of Englonde with the fruyte of tymes, compyled in a boke, and also enpry[n]ted by one somtyme scole mayster of saynt Albons, vpon whose soule god haue mercy. Amen
Varying form of title
Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno.
Varying form of title
Descrypcyon of Englonde.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : And newly enprynted in Fletestrete at the sygne of the sonne, by me Wynkyn de worde, In the yere of our lorde god. M.CCCCC. and. xv. [1515]
Physical description
[6], C.lxiii, [1]; [22] leaves : ill. (woodcuts)
Note
Fragment only. Fol. LXXXIII.
Note
The first leaf has a large cut of the royal arms. The motto "Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno. .." is in two banderoles supported by angels, the robes of which have sashes decorated with circles.
Note
Known as "The Saint Albans chronicle"; not the same compilation as the "Chronicles of England" first printed by Caxton (STC 9991-4).
Note
"The descrypcyon of Englonde", an excerpt from the "Polycronicon" of Ranulf Higden, has separate title page and register.
Note
Catalogue record based on a record from EEBO.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.) 10000.5.
Subject
England Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History To 1485 Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Higden, Ranulf, ? - d. 1364 Polychronicon. English.
Added entry--title
Polycronicon. English. Selections.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B28456