Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius; Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
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This composite manuscript is composed of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-82v), dating to the 2nd half of the 12th century, contains two Anglo-Norman works by Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), the first Anglo-Norman poet. The first work is his Comput (Computus)−the oldest extant scientific tex...
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Prussia, the Hanse, Poland and Sweden, Edward III (1327–1377) to Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
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Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 318. 1. The titles of two treaties between Ric. II. and the Teutonic order of Prussia. 1388 and 9. 4.2. Two preambles to treaties. (Lat.) 8.3. Two notes of papers concerning the trade with Prussia. 1344 and 1386. 11. b.4. An oration made by the agents...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Modus tenendi parliamentum (1r–4v); tract on the steward of England (4v–5v); index to statutes of the realm (6r–42r); statutes of the realm, 1 Edward III–1 Richard III (44r–264r)
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Language(s): Latin (1r–43r); Anglo-Norman French and Latin (44r–264r) Dated: last quarter of the 15th century; 3rd quarter of the 16th century (42v–43r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
‘Winchester Psalter’ or ‘Psalter of Henry of Blois’
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Contents: Cottonian contents-page, 17th century, in the hand of William Dugdale (1605–1686) (f. 1r); Prefatory cycle comprising 38 full-page miniatures, with captions in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 2r–39v): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 986; Calendar, in Latin (ff. 40r–45v...