Dossier relating to the claims of the English Crown to have sovereignty in Scotland, AD 1291–1293 (178r–233r); notes, documents and excerpts from chronicles concerning Anglo-Scottish relations (234r–255r)
Ancrene Riwle; Purgatory, Hell and Heaven; The Utility of Temptations; Le Pasturel Gregoire; prayers and meditations in Anglo-Norman French
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early Anglo-Norman French translation of the Ancrene Riwle (also known as Ancrene Wisse), an anonymous monastic rule (or manual) for anchoresses, originally composed in Middle English for three sisters who chose to enter the contemplative life. 17 surviving medieval...