The Winchcombe Chronicle is a Latin chronicle of the town of Winchcombe from about 1140-1145.
4-502: The original text was drafted in the 1140s, and later extended to 1181. The chronicle is also sometimes known as the Annals of Winchcombe , though it differs from the earlier Winchcombe Annals , produced by the same Abbey . The Latin chronicle is anonymous , but was written in the Benedictine , Winchcombe Abbey ( Gloucestershire ). The manuscript is in two parts. The first, the work of
8-554: A single scribe , is a world history from creation to 1122 which takes much of its material from John of Worcester 's Chronica chronicarum . The addendum contains more recent material. The manuscript also has numerous margin notes of more recent events. The manuscript is currently held at the British Library as part of the Cotton collection and is found at BL, Cotton Tiberius E iv, folios 1r-27v. This article related to
12-484: Is damaged and only the portion from 1049 to 1232 remain although it was a longer document. The source material up to 1181 is from the Winchcombe Chronicle and from thereon from another annal. The manuscript also holds pictorial representation of a sun dial , and the twelve winds of Aristotle . It is currently in the British Library at Cotton MS Faustina B I, fol. 12r–29v. This article related to
16-486: The history of England is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Middle Ages -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Winchcombe Annals The Winchcombe Annals , sometimes known as the Later Winchcombe Annals , are a Latin chronicle compiled c. 1240 by an anonymous monk at the Benedictine abbey, Winchcombe Abbey . The manuscript
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