Winchcombe Annals
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The Winchcombe Annals, sometimes known as the Later Winchcombe Annals, are a Latin chronicle compiled {{circa|1240}} by an anonymous monk at the Benedictine abbey, Winchcombe Abbey.Hayward, Paul Antony, “[http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-the-medieval-chronicle/later-winchcombe-annals-SIM_000971?s.num=23&s.rows=50&s.start=20 Later Winchcombe Annals]”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu.
The manuscript 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,Jaś Elsner, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCgxDwAAQBAJ&dq=Winchcombe+Chronicle&pg=PT137 Comparativism in Art History] (Routledge, 2017). and the twelve winds of Aristotle.[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/illmanus/cottmanucoll/t/011cottibe00004u00030000.html The Twelve Winds, In 'The Winchcombe Chronicle'], The British Library 26 March 2009.
It is currently in the British Library at Cotton MS Faustina B I, fol. 12r–29v.
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