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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Language Anglo-Norman Level [40] File

1. Royal Appendix MS 85

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal Appendix MS 85
Title:
Fragments and small papers belonging to the Royal (or possibly in some cases the Cotton) collection
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-c 1600
Extent:
15 items

2. Royal MS 2 B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII
Title:
Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')
Scope & Content:
Psalter, in Latin, with preceding Old Testament cycle and calendar, followed by Canticles, Litanies, and prayers. Contents: ff. 1r-66v: Cycle of 223 tinted drawings illustrating Old Testament scenes, from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:

1 volume

3. Royal MS 2 D XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 D XIII
Title:
Apocalypse in Latin and Anglo-Norman French
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-51v: Apocalypse (Revelation); the upper half of each folio contains a miniature and beneath is the accompanying text in Latin, followed by the parallel commentary in Anglo-Norman French verse. Decoration: 102 half-page miniatures in drawings tinted with colours and silver, appearing on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

4. Royal MS 12 C XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 12 C XII
Title:
A collection in prose and verse, including culinary recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript consists of eight originally independent units or booklets, each containing from one to four quires. See Hathaway, Fouke le Fitz Waryn (1975), p. xliv-xlvii on how this manuscript was compiled. The contents include: ff. 1r-v, Office in honour of Thomas, Earl of Lancas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1320-1340
Extent:

1 volume

5. Royal MS 13 A IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 A IV
Title:
Miscellany of theological, grammatical and historical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8v: Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Summa de coloribus rhetoricis, beginning 'Ars semper eadem quod autem ex arte' (imperfect); ff. 9r-22r: The Metrical Life of Saint Hugh of Lincoln; ff. 22v-23v: Poem on Troy, beginning 'Pergama flere volo fato Danaum data solo'; ff. 24r-24v: Extract ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
13th century to 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

6. Royal MS 14 B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B V
Title:
Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings
Scope & Content:
Contents: A roll chronicle containing the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I as a king (1272-1307), but without portraits of his children, in the form of a diagram of interconnected roundels with portraits of kings in colours and gold, and an accompanying commentary...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 roll

7. Royal MS 14 B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B VI
Title:
Genealogical roll of the kings of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: A roll chronicle containing the genealogy of the Kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England from 1272, in the form of a diagram of interconnected roundels with royal portraits in colours and gold, and an accompanying commentary. Incipit: 'Par ce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1340
Extent:

1 roll

8. Royal MS 14 C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 C VII
Title:
Matthew Paris, Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes two autograph copies of historical works by Matthew Paris with prefatory material: 1. Maps and other prefatory material including a diagram of Winds, the Itinerary from London to the Holy Land, Easter tables and a calendar (ff. 1v-8r); 2. Matthew Paris, Historia Angloru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1259
Extent:

232 folios.

9. Royal MS 15 D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 D II
Title:
La lumere as lais; Apocalypse ('The Welles Apocalypse')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-103v: Peter d’Abernon of Fetcham (Peter of Peckham), La lumere as lais, written in Anglo-Norman French, beginning, 'Ore comence le romaunz, Ke nest pas a fous ne as enfaunz', and ending, 'Amen, amen, par seinte charite Nous ayde dieus ke meint en trinite. Explicit Lucidare.' ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1310
Extent:

1 volume

10. Royal MS 19 B XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 B XV
Title:
Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse')
Scope & Content:
The Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman with commentary and with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated into Anglo-Norman. The illuminations include 73 miniatures in colours and gold, the subjects of which are as follows: f. 1r, Paul preaching. f. 1v, John and representatives of the churches...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
first quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 item