Nova Statuta including statutes for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377) (ff. 11r-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399) (ff. 141r-218r), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413) (ff. 219r-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (1336) (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471) (ff. 289v-338v). This portion of...
Theological miscellany including Isidore of Sevile, Sententiae
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f. 1**v: Table of contents (13th-century). f. 2*r–v: Names of the bishops of Lindisfarne and Durham. f. 2*v: Updated table of contents, reflecting later additions to the book (14th-century). ff. 1r–2r: Agreement between the bishop of Durham and the priory and convent. ff. 2v–4r: Bull of Pope...
This manuscript contains a collection of English statutes. The manuscript's former binding is now stored separately as Harley MS 5290/1. Contents: ff. 5r-224v: A collection of English statutes, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-4v). The manuscript has a later addition: f. 1*v: a parch...
Collections of Latin sermons, theological excerpts, moralized tales, moral discourses and expositions on biblical citations
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Contents: ff. 1*verso-2*verso: Latin sermons. ff. 1r-12v: A collection of theological excerpts attributed to Augustine of Hippo; Bernard of Clairvaux; Bede the Venerable; Isidore of Seville; Jerome; Ambrose; Caesarius of Arles; Gregory the Great; Origen; John Chrysostom; and Seneca. Beginning...
This fifteenth-century Breviary for the Use of Sarum is incomplete, comprising 67 folios, along with prayers in English and French. Lansdowne 381/1 is a separate volume consisting of eleven leaves from a Psalter created for Henry the Lion in the late twelfth century ('The Psalter of Henry the Lio...
Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Richard II
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Contents: Also known as Lansdowne Charter Rot. 3. Order as Lansdowne Roll 3. A genealogical chronicle, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French, from the reign of Egbert to Henry III and a continuation to Richard II on the dorse. It is dated to the reign of Edward I (r.1272-1307) Face of the...