What is it about?
The Prose Brut was one of the most popular works of history writing of the later Middle Ages. This article discusses a newly-discovered manuscript witness of the Latin Prose Brut, and situates it within its textual and codicological contexts.
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Why is it important?
This manuscript sheds new light on the existing manuscript stemma, revealing a new subgroup of Prose Latin Bruts that relate most closely to the English "New Chronicles" prose Brut group (this witness is one of these).
Perspectives
I encountered this manuscript during a three month placement at Downside Abbey's library and archive. There are doubtless many more important discoveries at Downside waiting to be made.
Mary Bateman
University of Bristol
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This page is a summary of: A Newly Discovered Latin Prose Brut Manuscript at Downside Abbey, The Downside Review, October 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0012580619889606.
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