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1. Egerton MS 612

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 612
Title:
CONTES DEVOTS, consisting of legendary stories, narratives of miracles, and lives of Saints, in early Anglo-Norman poetry. Among them are the long legends of S. Théofile, and S. Gregorie. On vellum written about the year 1300. Imperfect at the beginning and end. Quarto. [Bibl. Eg. 612.]
Scope & Content:
Theophilus, Sanctus: His legend: in Anglo-Norman verse. Gregory I; Pope; the Great: Legend of S. Gregory: in Anglo-Norman verse. Poetry French and Anglo - Norman: Contes devots, legendary stories, etc.: in Anglo-Norman verse. Legends: Legendary stories, etc.: in Anglo-Norman verse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
1 item

2. Egerton MS 613

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 613
Title:
Prose and Verse Miscellany
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a composite miscellany of verse and prose texts of a religious and didactic character. ff. 71r-74v: booklet with 15th-century medical recipes against gout, pestilence, swellings and other pains. 130 x 90 mm ( text space: 95 x 75 mm) The core parts of the manuscript were compl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex (composite)

3. Egerton MS 1894

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1894
Title:
Egerton Genesis Picture Book
Scope & Content:
Cycle of 149 illustrations of Genesis, from Creation to the latter part of the history of Joseph; full-page drawings arranged in one to four compartments on each page, executed in ink, and either with colour washes or unfinished, with (ff. 1r-9v) short captions in Ango-Norman French, based on Pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 20 folios

4. Egerton MS 2781

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2781
Title:
Book of Hours, use of Sarum (The 'Neville of Hornby Hours')
Scope & Content:
Contents: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, consisting of: ff. 2r-7v: A calendar, with numerous English saints; ff. 9r-20v: 23 Salutations of the Virgin in Latin, each beginning 'Ave et gaude'; ff. 21r-25r: Prayers to the Virgin in Latin, some with rubrics in Anglo-Norman; ff. 25v-26r: Prayer f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

5. Egerton MS 3028

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3028
Title:
Roman de Brut, with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-56v: An abridged version of Wace's Roman de Brut, beginning at line 4883 of the longer version (Weiss ed. (2002), p. 124); the first quire is misbound so the correct order of the text is ff. 2, 8, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 (mostly illegible), 9. The text is imperfect at the beginning: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 118 folios

6. Egerton MS 3277

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3277
Title:
Psalter and Hours (the 'Bohun Psalter')
Scope & Content:
'Bohun Psalter'. Psalter and Hours, written for a member of the Bohun family. Contents: ff. 1r-6v, Calendar, in gold, blue or purple, red, and black. All the feasts are among those in the composite Sarum calendar, but not the Visitation (2 July) (indicating a date before 1389) , St Winifred (3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 170 folios.