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11. Add MS 35180

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Title:
Peter the Chanter, Verbum Abbreviatum; Metrical life of Thomas of Canterbury; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus (excerpt); French notes on the compass
Scope & Content:
This early 13th-century manuscript originates from the Cistercian monastery of Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire, as is indicated by its ownership inscription. The manuscript primarily contains a biblical commentary of the French theologian Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), the Verbum Abbreviatum (Abbr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Add MS 46701

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Title:
Cartulary of Stixwould Priory
Scope & Content:
The Cartulary of the Cistercian nunnery of Stixwould, Lincolnshire, containing transcripts of royal, episcopal, noble and private charters, arranged by location and usually with the witnesses omitted. The latest dated charter in the original hand is an agreement with Croyland Abbey in 1263 (f. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 volume

17. Add MS 59839

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Title:
THEOLOGICAL MISCELLANY: works in Latin by St Bonaventure, St Isidore of Seville, St Anselm of Canterbury, Hugh of St Victor, Bartholomeus Florarius and St Augustine, etc., and two works in Anglo-Norman; late 13th or early 14th cent. Written in England by several scribes. According to an ownership note on f. 217 the MS. once belonged to a 'vicarius de Gauylton'. Purchased by Phillipps of Thorpe in 1836 (Thorpe's catalogue, item 1396). Phillipps MS 9328. Purchased at Sotheby's (Phillipps sale)...
Scope & Content:
Theology LATIN: Theological miscellany: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 1-2v, 219-221v Law CANON: Legal fragments: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat.ff. 6-13v Saint Bonaventura,; Cardinal-bishop of Albano: Lignum vitae by St Bonaventura: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat.ff. 14-51v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 88905

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Title:
Psalter of Kirkstead Abbey, including a topographical map of northern Lincolnshire
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Notes on the Calendar; ff. 2r–v: 'Versus ad virginem Mariam, Alma serena pia preclara beata Maria' (Walther, Initia Carminum, no. 799); ff. 3r–v: An account of the baronies of Bolingbroke and Horncastle & Scrivelsby (Lincolnshire), and the grants of pasturage in Wildmore...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

19. Add MS 89250

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Title:
The Mostyn Psalter-Hours
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8v: Additions made in the late fifteenth century. f. 1r: Instruction for making the sign of the cross with a prayer, '[rubric:] Mane cum surrexeris signum cruces orationi imprimendo dices [prayer:] [H]unc labia mea aperies [etc.]'. ff. 1r-1v: Prayers to God the Father, the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1275 - c 1325
Extent:
Parchment codex

20. Cotton MS

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Cotton MS
Title:
Cotton Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Cipher, Coast Miwok, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, Middle, English, English, Middle, English, Old, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Inuit, Irish, Irish, Middle, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Low German, Occitan, Old, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Saxon, Old, Scots, Scots, Spanish, Temne, and Welsh
Date Range:
5th century-19th century
Extent:
1,429 manuscripts

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