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11. Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 1–23

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 1–23
Title:
Benedeit, Voyage of St Brendan; Navigatio sancti Brendani; Vita Longini martyris; De signis quindecim.
Scope & Content:
The 'Voyage of St Brendan' is an Anglo-Norman French poem of the journey of St Brendan commissioned in the 12th century by Adeliza of Louvain (b. c. 1103, d. 1151), bride of King Henry I (r. 1100–1135), from a certain monk named Benedeit. This poem is presented on ff. 1r-11r. It is followed by t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X

12. Cotton MS Vespasian B XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XIV
Title:
Marie de France, Le Lais de Launval, and Fables; Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de uita sancti Thome Cantuariensis; Beneit of St Albans, La Vie de Thomas Becket, and other texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*r: An added list of the manuscript's contents, written in the hand of Richard James (b. 1592, d. 1638), English scholar and first librarian of the Cotton library. ff. 1r-8v: Marie de France, Le Lay de Launval (The Lay of Launval), a poem in Anglo-Norman French, the text beginn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

13. Cotton MS Vitellius F VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F VII
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

14. Cotton Roll XV 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll XV 8
Title:
The Camden Roll
Scope & Content:
An original 13th-century English roll of arms, containing 270 painted coats of arms with 185 blazons for various English and European monarchs, lords and knights. Known as 'The Camden Roll' after its former owner, William Camden (b. 1551, d. 1623), antiquarian and Clarenceux King of Arms. The r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
c 1280
Extent:
1 roll

15. Harley MS 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 25
Title:
Collection of law reports
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains a collection of Common Bench reports including cases from the years between c. 1279 and 1312, copies of plea-roll enrolments, and notes probably assembled by the Dublin Bench attorney Roger de Sancta Brigida during his sejourn in London in 1309-1312 for educational purpos...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

16. Harley MS 202

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 202
Title:
Pierre de Langtoft, Chroniques
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Anglo-Norman Chroniques (Chronicles) by Pierre (Peter) de Langtoft (b. 1270, d. 1300) covering the period from 688 to 1294. The text has the siglum 'Ha' in Wright's critical edition. Contents: ff. 2r-89v: Pierre de Langtoft, Chroniques. [f. 1v is blank]. Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

17. Harley MS 204

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 204
Title:
`Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d'outre mer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the popular 14th-century text Voyage d'outre mer by the supposed author 'Sir John Mandeville', commonly known as 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'. This 15th-century copy of the text belongs to group A of the so-called 'vulgate or insular version' and has the siglum '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

18. Harley MS 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 212
Title:
`Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d'outre mer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the popular 14th-century text Voyage d'outre mer by the supposed author 'Sir John Mandeville', commonly known as 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'. This 15th-century copy of the text belongs to group A of the so-called 'vulgate or insular version'. Contents: ff. 1r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century - 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

19. Harley MS 232

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 232
Title:
A miscellany of theological and ecclesiastical tracts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5v: A selection of draft indentures relating to different ecclesiastical properties. f. 7v: Pseudo-Ignatius, First Epistle to St John the Evangelist. f. 7v: Pseudo-Ignatius, Second Epistle to St John the Evangelist. f. 7v: Pseudo-Ignatius, Epistle to the Blessed Virgin Mary,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

1 volume

20. Harley MS 337, ff 12r-31v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 337, ff 12r-31v
Title:
William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechiez (‘The Harleian Roll’)
Scope & Content:
ff. 12r-31v: William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechiez, imperfect, also known as 'The Harleian Roll' for the series of shields painted around 1314 in the upper margins of the leaves (only 161 surviving). Decoration: The shields may have been painted in the upper margins around 1314, according t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 337

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