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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5233, ff 11r-339r
Title:: Nova Statuta
Scope & Content:: Nova Statuta including statutes for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377) (ff. 11r-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399) (ff. 141r-218r), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413) (ff. 219r-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (1336) (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471) (ff. 289v-338v). This portion of...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman
Date Range:: 1436
Extent:: 328 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5234
Title:: Theological miscellany including Isidore of Sevile, Sententiae
Scope & Content:: f. 1**v: Table of contents (13th-century). f. 2*r–v: Names of the bishops of Lindisfarne and Durham. f. 2*v: Updated table of contents, reflecting later additions to the book (14th-century). ff. 1r–2r: Agreement between the bishop of Durham and the priory and convent. ff. 2v–4r: Bull of Pope...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5290
Title:: Collection of English statutes
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of English statutes. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 5290/1. Contents: ff. 5r-224v: A collection of English statutes, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-4v). The manuscript has a later addition: f. 1*v: a parch...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 6359
Title:: Des Grantz geanz (Octosyllabic version); Brut Chronicle (Short Version)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Des Grantz geanz (Octosyllabic version). ff. 4r-84v: Brut Chronicle (Short Version) down to 1329.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7322
Title:: Collections of Latin sermons, theological excerpts, moralized tales, moral discourses and expositions on biblical citations
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*verso: Latin sermons. ff. 1r-12v: A collection of theological excerpts attributed to Augustine of Hippo; Bernard of Clairvaux; Bede the Venerable; Isidore of Seville; Jerome; Ambrose; Caesarius of Arles; Gregory the Great; Origen; John Chrysostom; and Seneca. Beginning...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 381/2
Title:: Breviary, Use of Sarum (fragment)
Scope & Content:: This fifteenth-century Breviary for the Use of Sarum is incomplete, comprising 67 folios, along with prayers in English and French. Lansdowne 381/1 is a separate volume consisting of eleven leaves from a Psalter created for Henry the Lion in the late twelfth century ('The Psalter of Henry the Lio...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: A parchment codex.

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 782
Title:: Chanson d'Aspremont
Scope & Content:: Contents: Chanson d'Aspremont, part of the second of three chansons de geste of the Charlemagne cycle from the late 12th century, narrating Charlemagne's early expedition across the Alps to Aspremont in Italy to retake land in Calabria from the Saracen king, Agolant. The text here is imperfect...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:: c1240 - c1250
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne Roll 3
Title:: Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Richard II
Scope & Content:: Contents: Also known as Lansdowne Charter Rot. 3. Order as Lansdowne Roll 3. A genealogical chronicle, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French, from the reign of Egbert to Henry III and a continuation to Richard II on the dorse. It is dated to the reign of Edward I (r.1272-1307) Face of the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1272-1307
Extent:: 1 roll

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

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