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1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Royal MS 14 C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 C VII
Title:
Matthew Paris, Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes two autograph copies of historical works by Matthew Paris with prefatory material: 1. Maps and other prefatory material including a diagram of Winds, the Itinerary from London to the Holy Land, Easter tables and a calendar (ff. 1v-8r); 2. Matthew Paris, Historia Angloru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1259
Extent:

232 folios.

7. Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 1v-8r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 1v-8r
Title:
Maps and other prefatory material
Scope & Content:
Prefatory material including: 1. Diagram of Winds (f. 1v); similar to one in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS. 16. f. 1v; 2. Itinerary from London to the Holy Land with images of towns, their names, and descriptions of places (ff. 2r-5r); 3. Map of Britain, with indications of a great hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1250-1259
Extent:
8 folios.

8. Royal MS 15 D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 D II
Title:
La lumere as lais; Apocalypse ('The Welles Apocalypse')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-103v: Peter d’Abernon of Fetcham (Peter of Peckham), La lumere as lais, written in Anglo-Norman French, beginning, 'Ore comence le romaunz, Ke nest pas a fous ne as enfaunz', and ending, 'Amen, amen, par seinte charite Nous ayde dieus ke meint en trinite. Explicit Lucidare.' ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1310
Extent:

1 volume

9. Royal MS 19 B XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 B XV
Title:
Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse')
Scope & Content:
The Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman with commentary and with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated into Anglo-Norman. The illuminations include 73 miniatures in colours and gold, the subjects of which are as follows: f. 1r, Paul preaching. f. 1v, John and representatives of the churches...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
first quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Royal MS 20 B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 B III
Title:
Treatise on the love of God
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-89v: Treatise on the love of God for guiding life: ‘Vos volez qe ie vous enueasse chose qi confortait vostre alme. mes ieo faz le contraire Car ieo vous en voi mez grevaunces. … [89v] sanz mesesez sanz fin ou cil vos amaint qui est sanz comencement et sanz fin. Qui vivit et regnat per inf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex