Middle English Bibliography Entry

Short Metrical Chronicle of England

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 1105
NIMEV 1105
DIMEV 1786
Manual 8.XXI.6
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Royal 12.C.12 . (Pref. MS)
LALME: vol. 1. 114. Herefords.
London, British Library, Additional 19677 .
LALME: vol. 1. 100. LP 5300. Wilts.
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates 19.2.1 (Auchinleck) .
LALME: vol. 1. 88. "Hand A (main hand) … Language of London/Middx border. Entered in Middx." LP 6510.
London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.11 .
Cambridge, University Library Dd.14.2 .
LALME: vol. 1. 66. "English in one hand." LP 6850. Oxon.
Cambridge, University Library Ff.5.48 .
LALME: vol. 1. 67. Hand A. Derbys.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson poet. (otherwise called "Rawl. F." series) 145 .
LALME: vol. 1. 152. "MS in one hand." LP 174. NRY.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
Ancient English Metrical Romances, ed. J. Ritson, vol. 2 (1802).
An Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, ed. E. Zettl, Early English Text Society, Original Series 196 (1935; reprint 1971).
The Abridged English Metrical Brut, ed. Una O'Farrell-Tate, Middle English Texts (Heidelberg) 32 (2002).
M. C. Carroll and R. Tuve, "Two Manuscripts of the Middle English Anonymous Riming Chronicle," PMLA : Publications of the Modern Language Association 46 (1931).
Transcr. of MS Cambridge, University Library Dd.14.2, ff. 260a-283b; formerly in poss. of MED. Transcript currently archived in Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 69.
MED title stencils and sources:
Roy 12.C.12
  • ?1316 SMChron. (Roy 12.C.12) Ancient English Metrical Romances, ed. J. Ritson, vol. 2 (1802).270-313. Note: Collated with MS by E. Kölbing, "Collationen"Englische Studien 15 (1891).249-50. MS redated Nov 2017 from c1330 to ?1316 after consultation with OED.
  • ?1316 SMChron. (Roy 12.C.12:Zettl) An Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, ed. E. Zettl, Early English Text Society, Original Series 196 (1935; reprint 1971).fns pp. 1-91; and passim. Note: MS redated Nov 2017 from c1330 to ?1316 after consultation with OED.
  • ?1316 SMChron. (Roy 12.C.12:Tate) The Abridged English Metrical Brut, ed. Una O'Farrell-Tate, Middle English Texts (Heidelberg) 32 (2002).67-98. Note: MS redated Nov 2017 from c1330 to ?1316 after consultation with OED.
  • See also Variants below.
Add 19677
  • a1400 SMChron. (Add 19677) An Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, ed. E. Zettl, Early English Text Society, Original Series 196 (1935; reprint 1971).1-45.
Auch (Adv 19.2.1)
  • c1330 SMChron. (Auch) M. C. Carroll and R. Tuve, "Two Manuscripts of the Middle English Anonymous Riming Chronicle," PMLA : Publications of the Modern Language Association 46 (1931).117-45.
  • c1330 SMChron. (Auch:Zettl) An Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, ed. E. Zettl, Early English Text Society, Original Series 196 (1935; reprint 1971).fns pp. 1-91; and passim.
  • See also Variants below.
Clg A.11
  • a1350 SMChron. (Clg A.11) An Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, ed. E. Zettl, Early English Text Society, Original Series 196 (1935; reprint 1971).fns pp. 1-91; and passim.
  • See also Variants below.
Cmb Dd.14.2
  • c1432 *SMChron. (Cmb Dd.14.2) Transcr. of MS Cambridge, University Library Dd.14.2, ff. 260a-283b; formerly in poss. of MED. Transcript currently archived in Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 69.
  • See also Variants below.
Cmb Ff.5.48
  • a1500 SMChron. (Cmb Ff.5.48) An Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, ed. E. Zettl, Early English Text Society, Original Series 196 (1935; reprint 1971).fns pp. 1-91; and passim.
  • See also Variants below.
RwlPoet 145
  • a1350 SMChron. (RwlPoet 145) M. C. Carroll and R. Tuve, "Two Manuscripts of the Middle English Anonymous Riming Chronicle," PMLA : Publications of the Modern Language Association 46 (1931).145-48.
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
An Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, ed. E. Zettl, Early English Text Society, Original Series 196 (1935; reprint 1971).fns pp. 1-91; and passim.
  • c1330 (Auch:Zettl)
  • a1350 (Clg A.11)
  • c1432 (Cmb Dd.14.12:Zettl)
  • a1500 (Cmb Ff.5.48)
  • ?1316 (Roy 12.C.12:Zettl)
  • a1350 (RwlPoet 145:Zettl)

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