AD 1255 · 13th century · England to the Holy Land

Itinerary from London toward Jerusalem

Matthew Paris turns pilgrimage into a vertical sequence of cities, seas and stations rather than a uniform surface.

Catalogue record

Cartographer	Matthew Paris
Medium	Ink and pigments on parchment
Repository	British Library, London
Repository ID	Royal MS 14 C VII
Custody	Held by the repository named above

Looked at and unresolved. Listed so the gap reads as a question somebody asked rather than a field nobody reached.

state: Which folios carry the itinerary in this witness is recorded here as fol. 2 and has not been checked against the manuscript; the Crusades source audit carries the same volume with its locator still marked pending. The British Library catalogue entry and digitised foliation for Royal MS 14 C VII, which would settle the locator for both records at once.
attribution: Matthew Paris left more than one itinerary copy, and the Corpus Christi College manuscripts carry versions that differ from this one. Which witness this record should stand on is a choice the essay has not yet had to make. Collation of Royal MS 14 C VII against CCCC MS 26 and CCCC MS 16, both already registered in the Crusades source audit.