Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel, With Supplementary Extracts From the Others: Edited, With Introduction Notes and a Glossarial Index (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel, With Supplementary Extracts From the Others: Edited, With Introduction Notes and a Glossarial IndexThis is a manuscript in the library of Corpus Christi Col-311115823111 lege, Cambridge. (ms. CLXXIII.) That Society ao quired it by the gift of Archbishop Parker. It is described (in by Wanley, p. 130, and by Mr. T. Dufi'us Hardy, vol. I. P. 651. It has every title to rank first in the list of Saxon Chronicles. Its original handwriting stops at 891, and the summary of Wessex Kings with which the book is prefaced ends with Alfred. These features indicate a Chronicle which was composed in Alfred's reign, or a copy of such a Chronicle. Whether it is really a manuscript of the last decade of the ninth century I hesitate to judge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.