Memoriale Multorum Henrici Prioris; a collection of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made up of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-186v) was produced at Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury in the 1st half of the 14th century. It contains the Register of Henry of Eastry, prior of Christ Church, Canterbury (b. 1285, d. 1331). The second part (ff....
Chronicle of the Kings of Mann and the Isles; John of Salisbury, Entheticus in Policraticum; verse miscellanies; Revelatio sancti Michaelis in Monte Tumba, etc
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 9 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): (i) ff. 3–54: Cronica Romanorum pontificum et imperatorum, to Pope Urban IV (1261–64) (ff. 3r–14r); Bonizo of Sutri, Cronica Romanorum pontificum (ff. 15r–30r); Cronica regum Mannie et insularum, AD 1000–...
Customs and liberties concerning the Cinque Ports, including original documents (ff. 10–11, 36v); Modus tenendi Parliamentum (21r–24r)
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Language(s): Latin, Anglo-Norman French and Middle English Dated: 1st quarter of the 17th century (ff. 2–9, 12–14); middle of the 15th century (ff. 10–11, 15–94); 2nd half of the 16th century (ff. 95–99)
Papers (mostly originals) relating to Brittany, Edward III (1327–77)–Henry VII (1485–1509)
Scope & Content:
Codex partim membr. partim chart. in fol. min. constans foliis 104. This volume contains a collection of documents relating to the transactions between England and Britanny from the reign of Edward III. to that of Henry VII. the particulars of which are as follow: 1. Things given in charge by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st half of the 17th century