Master Wace his chronicle of the Norman Conquest from the Roman de Rou . translated with notes and illustrations by Edgar Taylor.
Wace (c.1100 - c.1174)
Category
Books
Date
1837
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123115
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxix,[3],314p., 1 folded map . ill.. (port.., genealogical table) . 8vo.. Annotated throughout. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: "Jermyn 1856" [i.e. Frederick William Hervey (1800-1864), the Earl Jermyn and later 2nd Marquess of Bristol]. Binding: Twentieth-century half grained red leather; red cloth over boards; spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Wace's Chronicles of the Norman Conquest".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Wace (c.1100 - c.1174) Edgar Taylor