Chronicle of Turpin, etc. — Hereford, Herefordshire. Franciscan convent.
| Provenance: | Hereford, Herefordshire. Franciscan convent. |
| Location: | British Library, London |
| Shelfmark: | Cotton Vespasian A.xiii fols. 94–147 |
| Author/Title: | Chronicle of Turpin, etc. |
| Type of evidence: | c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc. |
| Notes on evidence: | Fol. 116v [?], the last leaf of quire 2, contains on the verso a list of contents (s. xv) of a manuscript with the pressmark "C. 7m", containing Postille on Luc. and "Trogus Pompeius, Vita Alexandri Magni Epistola eiusdem ad Aristotilem, ... Vita Karoli Regis magni cum aliis notabilibus. Hec inuenies in libraria fratrum minorum herford' nota bene". |
| Date: | s. xv |
| Notes: | The writer, "Frere Jon Mavns", writes his name on fols. 114v, 118r, 130v, 142r. The three sections were bound together with distinct works, fols. 1–41 and 42–93, by Sir Robert Cotton. On the Chronicle of Turpin see Ward, Cat. Romances, 1. 576. Cf. M.R. James in Collectanea Francisc., 1. 154. |