Winchcombe Annals Explained

The Winchcombe Annals, sometimes known as the Later Winchcombe Annals, are a Latin chronicle compiled by an anonymous monk at the Benedictine abbey, Winchcombe Abbey.^[1]

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,^[2] and the twelve winds of Aristotle.^[3]

It is currently in the British Library at Cotton MS Faustina B I, fol. 12r–29v.

Notes and References

1. Hayward, Paul Antony, “ Later Winchcombe Annals”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu.
2. Jaś Elsner, Comparativism in Art History (Routledge, 2017).
3. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/illmanus/cottmanucoll/t/011cottibe00004u00030000.html The Twelve Winds, In 'The Winchcombe Chronicle'