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Language Anglo-Norman Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Digitised Manuscripts (unavailable) Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 10289

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Title:
Li Romanz du Mont Saint-Michel, a miscellany of romances, moralistic and religious texts and medical recipes.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-64r: Guillaume de Saint Pair or Guillelme de Seint Paier, Li romanz du Mont Saint Michel or Roman de Mont Saint Michel, incipit, 'Molz pelerins qui vunt al munt', explicit, 'Longue de corne ou il est mis'. ff. 64r-81v: André de Coutances or Andreu de Costances, Roman de la Rés...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1275-1300
Extent:

A parchment codex, 179 folios

2. Add MS 24686

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Title:
Psalter ('The Alphonso Psalter')
Scope & Content:
The work on the Alphonso Psalter (formerly known as 'The Tenison Psalter') was begun in c. 1284 when, as the arms on f. 11r suggest, the manuscript was intended as the wedding gift to Prince Alphonso of England (d. 1284), son of Edward I, and his bride Margaret, daughter of Florent V, count of H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1284-1316
Extent:

A parchment codex.

3. Add MS 28681

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Title:
Psalter ('The Map Psalter') with added miniatures
Scope & Content:
The Map Psalter takes its name from its full-page illustration of a map of the world (on f. 9r), whose design shares close parallels with the famous mappa mundi, now housed at Hereford Cathedral. The manuscript was made in London during the second half of the 13th century. The Psalter’s calendar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1262-1300
Extent:

1 volume

4. Add MS 32125

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Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut; the Anglo-Norman Description of England; Estoire del Saint Graal; Robert de Boron, prose Merlin
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items bound together: ff. 1r-58v, Wace, Roman de Brut, in Anglo-Norman verse (ff. 1r-58r); an extract from the Anglo-Norman Description of England (ff. 58r-v). ff. 59r-245v, Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1325
Extent:

A parchment codex, 245 folios.

5. Add MS 38662

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Title:
Gui de Warewic (Guy of Warwick)
Scope & Content:
Contents: The early 13th-century Anglo-Norman verse romance, Gui de Warewic, about the legendary soldier-saint, with a sequel about Rainbrun, son of Guy. Incipit 'Puis cel tens que Deu fu ned' (f. 1r) explicit, 'Que a lui en glorie puissums venir. amen.'(f. 80v). Decoration: Large puzzle initia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1225-1275
Extent:

A parchment codex, 80 folios

6. Add MS 38663

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Title:
La Chanson de Guillaume or Chançun de Williame
Scope & Content:
Contents: This is the only surviving manuscript of La Chanson de Guillaume, a chanson de geste, part of the cycle of Guillaume d'Orange (William of Orange) relating the battles against the Saracens. Incipit, 'Plaist vus oir de granz batailles . et de forz esturs . . . Oimas comence la chancun ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 25 folios

7. Add MS 38664

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Title:
Vie de St Margaret and Miracles of the Virgin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: La Vie de St Margaret is a unique version of the text, incipit, 'A la deu loenge e a la sue gloire', explicit, 'Ou lun deit deu e la virgine servir. Amen'; ff. 3r-16v: Miracles of the Virgin, here entitled 'Gracial' (f. 3r), are dedicated to Dame Mahaut (f. 3v) and the te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1225-1275
Extent:

A parchment codex, 16 folios

8. Add MS 38842

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Title:
Apocalypse with commentary in French prose (fragment)
Scope & Content:
Contents: Apocalypse fragment (from chapters 9-16). The text is close to that of the Queen Mary Apocalypse. Decoration: 18 framed miniatures in colours with gold. Large initials in gold, on rose and blue grounds with filigree decoration in white. Subjects of the miniatures: f. 1r: An ang...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

8 parchment folios

9. Egerton MS 3028

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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

10. Egerton MS 3277

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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.