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William Thorne's Chronicle of Saint Augustine's abbey, Canterbury

Title
William Thorne's Chronicle of Saint Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, now rendered into English by A.H. Davis, with a preface by A. Hamilton Thompson.
Author
Thorne, William, active 1397
Publication
Oxford, B. Blackwell, 1934.

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TextUse in library BX2596.S33 T5 1934Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Sprott, Thomas, active 1270?
  • Twysden, Roger, Sir, 1597-1672
  • Davis, A. H.
Description
lxii, 740 pages illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England)
  • Augustinians > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Note
  • Translated from Sir Roger Twysden's Historiæ anglicanæ scriptores x, 1652.
  • The earlier part of the Chronicle was largely taken from the work of Thomas Sprott. cf. Introd. and p. 196.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Some of the books used or referred to" : p. [lxi]-lxii.
Contents
Preface / Professor A. Hamilton Thompson, M.A., F.S.A. -- Translator's preface -- List of manuscripts -- Introduction -- Books used or referred to, with the abbreviations used -- Saints and saints'-days -- William Thorne's Chronicle of St Augustine's Abbey -- Appendix I. The text at the head of Thomas of Elmham's map of Thanet -- Appendix II. Extract from MS B of Throne's Chronicle with facsimile -- Appendix III. Joscelin's translation of Augustine's privilege -- List of subscribers and donors.
LCCN
34003320
OCLC
  • ocm01384694
  • 1384694
  • SCSB-832905
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library