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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 Appendix MS 85, ff 15-22v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal Appendix MS 85, ff 15-22v
Title:
Fragments of a Brut chronicle
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Royal Appendix MS 85, ff 39-48v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal Appendix MS 85, ff 39-48v
Title:
Poem in leonine hexameters concerning birds and reptiles, with a commentary (imperfect)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

4. 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

5. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 1r-66v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 1r-66v
Title:
Old Testament Cycle
Scope & Content:
Cycle of 223 tinted drawings, mostly two per page, illustrating Old Testament scenes from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Norman explanatory verses. Beginning, 'Coment lucifer chayit de ciel e devient diable e grant multitudo des angeles oues...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
66 folios.

6. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 67r-70v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 67r-70v
Title:
Full-page miniatures
Scope & Content:
Four full-page miniatures, some with Anglo-Norman captions and explanatory text. Each prophet (ff. 69v-70r) carries a scroll inscribed with verses (not always correctly assigned); each Apostle (ff. 69v-70r) carries a scroll inscribed with sections of the Creed. Decoration: f. 67v: Miniature of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:

4 folios.

7. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 84r-280r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 84r-280r
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Psalter, illustrated with miniatures of the Life of Christ, and bas-de-page scenes with images from the bestiary, legends of saints, and other sources (including hunting scenes). Descriptions: f. 84r: Inscription by Henry Manners, 2nd earl of Rutland (1526 - 1563), courtier and soldier, arrest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
196 folios.

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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