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291:. Palaeographical analysis has shown that two hands using Late Caroline script were at work, Scribe A for the first quire (pp. 1–18) and Scribe B for the remaining part. The script is typical of the first half of the 12th century and both hands have been detected in other manuscripts from Bury St Edmunds Abbey. According to Dumville, the evidence thus suggests the manuscript was compiled at 263:, and other sources. Its dating of events avoids an inaccuracy shared by other Anglo-Saxon Chronicle manuscripts, but it is not clear if this is because it derives from an earlier and more accurate archetype of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle than do the other Chronicle manuscripts or if they represent astute correction by the compiler of the 524: 529: 502: 450: 519: 114: 534: 425: 326:
R.7.28. It is bound together with several unrelated documents, which form the first 74 leaves of the compilation.
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75 leaves, five quires; approximately 165 x 113 mm (originally larger format, but the margins have been cut down)
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perspective on certain events and weaving a significant amount of Frankish history into its narrative.
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John, Eric (2004). "The Annals of St Neots and the Defeat of the Vikings". In R. Evans (ed.).
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Contrary to what the modern title may suggest, the work was not compiled at
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Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis, auctore Joanne Lelando Londinate
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After Leland's discovery, the manuscript passed into the possession of
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are to a large extent 'a patchwork of quotations from the Chronicle,
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cross referencing the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle with other sources.
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in Huntingdonshire. It owes its present title to antiquary
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Lordship and Learning: Studies in Memory of Trevor Aston
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Latin historical texts from Norman and Angevin England
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Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.7.28 (770), pp. 1-74
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The Annals of St Neots with 'Vita Prima Sancti Neoti
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The Annals of St Neots with Vita Prima Sancti Neoti
299:sometime between or around the years 1120 to 1140. 458:Hart, C.R. (1981). "The East Anglian Chronicle". 322:, where it is preserved up to this day under the 511: 384:, ed. by David Dumville and Michael Lapidge, in 530:Manuscripts held by the University of Cambridge 206:is a Latin chronicle compiled and written at 158:("The Passion of St Edmund"); Norman annals; 283:discovered the sole surviving manuscript at 185: 179: 167: 153: 123: 501:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 449:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 397:Hart, "The East Anglian Chronicle", p. 249 423: 408:Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis 345: 343: 512: 435:D. Dumville; M. Lapidge, eds. (1984). 363: 361: 359: 486: 457: 340: 287:in the 1540s around the time of the 356: 13: 480: 14: 546: 520:Chronicles about England in Latin 128:("Letter on the Death of Bede"); 416: 400: 391: 374: 289:Dissolution of the Monasteries 1: 491:. Woodbridge. pp. 51–62. 329: 270: 160:Annals of the Kings of France 39: 472:10.1016/0304-4181(81)90003-8 334: 7: 460:Journal of Medieval History 388:, 57 (1988), 98–99 (p. 98). 226:BC to the establishment of 10: 551: 410:, ed. Hall, vol 1, p. 152. 247: 175:Vision of Charles the Fat 172:("Vision of Eucherius"); 108: 88: 80: 72: 62: 52: 35: 27: 20: 535:12th-century manuscripts 380:Mark Griffth, review of 125:Epistola de Obitu Bedae 424:Hall, A., ed. (1708). 253:The Annals of St Neots 186: 180: 168: 155:Passio Sancti Eadmundi 154: 124: 115:Ecclesiastical History 293:Bury St Edmunds Abbey 237:Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 208:Bury St Edmunds Abbey 190:("Life of St Neot"); 184:("Vision of Rollo"); 136:West-Saxon king-lists 131:Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 57:Bury St Edmunds Abbey 369:Annals of St Neots 351:Annals of St Neots 265:Annals of St Neots 203:Annals of St Neots 22:Annals of St Neots 497:cite encyclopedia 430:. 2 vols. Oxford. 198: 197: 192:John of Worcester 187:Vita Sancti Neoti 542: 506: 500: 492: 475: 454: 448: 440: 431: 411: 404: 398: 395: 389: 378: 372: 365: 354: 347: 233: 225: 189: 183: 171: 157: 127: 103: 99: 95: 65: 48: 44: 41: 18: 17: 550: 549: 545: 544: 543: 541: 540: 539: 510: 509: 494: 493: 483: 481:Further reading 478: 442: 441: 419: 414: 405: 401: 396: 392: 379: 375: 366: 357: 348: 341: 337: 332: 316:Trinity College 285:St Neots Priory 273: 250: 231: 223: 112:include Bede's 101: 97: 93: 63: 46: 42: 12: 11: 5: 548: 538: 537: 532: 527: 522: 508: 507: 482: 479: 477: 476: 455: 432: 420: 418: 415: 413: 412: 399: 390: 373: 355: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 304:Matthew Parker 272: 269: 249: 246: 234:914. Like the 196: 195: 181:Visio Rollonis 169:Visio Eucherii 166:'s Chronicle; 145:Life of Alfred 110: 106: 105: 90: 89:Period covered 86: 85: 82: 78: 77: 74: 70: 69: 66: 60: 59: 54: 50: 49: 37: 33: 32: 29: 25: 24: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 547: 536: 533: 531: 528: 526: 523: 521: 518: 517: 515: 504: 498: 490: 485: 484: 473: 469: 466:(3): 249–82. 465: 461: 456: 452: 446: 438: 433: 429: 428: 422: 421: 409: 403: 394: 387: 383: 377: 370: 364: 362: 360: 352: 346: 344: 339: 327: 325: 321: 317: 313: 309: 305: 300: 298: 294: 290: 286: 282: 278: 268: 266: 262: 258: 254: 245: 243: 239: 238: 229: 221: 220:Julius Caesar 217: 213: 209: 205: 204: 193: 188: 182: 177: 176: 170: 165: 161: 156: 151: 147: 146: 141: 137: 133: 132: 126: 121: 117: 116: 111: 107: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 64:Manuscript(s) 61: 58: 55: 51: 38: 34: 30: 26: 23: 19: 16: 488: 463: 459: 436: 426: 417:Bibliography 407: 402: 393: 386:Medium Aevum 385: 381: 376: 368: 350: 301: 274: 264: 252: 251: 242:East Anglian 235: 202: 201: 199: 194:'s Chronicle 173: 143: 129: 113: 21: 15: 306:(d. 1575), 281:John Leland 47: 1140 43: 1120 514:Categories 367:Dumville, 349:Dumville, 330:References 312:Canterbury 308:archbishop 271:Manuscript 53:Provenance 45: – c. 445:cite book 335:Citations 324:shelfmark 320:Cambridge 76:chronicle 406:Leland, 353:, p. xvi 277:St Neots 228:Normandy 164:Flodoard 120:Cuthbert 28:Language 371:, p. xv 297:Suffolk 248:Content 216:England 212:Suffolk 109:Sources 232:  224:  102:  98:  94:  81:Length 257:Asser 230:in AD 222:in 55 140:Asser 73:Genre 31:Latin 503:link 451:link 261:Bede 200:The 150:Abbo 100:– AD 36:Date 468:doi 310:of 295:in 210:in 152:'s 142:'s 122:'s 104:914 516:: 499:}} 495:{{ 462:. 447:}} 443:{{ 358:^ 342:^ 318:, 259:, 214:, 178:; 162:; 148:; 138:; 134:; 118:; 96:BC 92:60 40:c. 505:) 474:. 470:: 464:7 453:)

Index

Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Ecclesiastical History
Cuthbert
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
West-Saxon king-lists
Asser
Life of Alfred
Abbo
Annals of the Kings of France
Flodoard
Vision of Charles the Fat
John of Worcester
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Suffolk
England
Julius Caesar
Normandy
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
East Anglian
Asser
Bede
St Neots
John Leland
St Neots Priory
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Suffolk
Matthew Parker
archbishop
Canterbury

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