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1. Add MS 10289

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Title:
Li Romanz du Mont Saint-Michel, a miscellany of romances, moralistic and religious texts and medical recipes.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-64r: Guillaume de Saint Pair or Guillelme de Seint Paier, Li romanz du Mont Saint Michel or Roman de Mont Saint Michel, incipit, 'Molz pelerins qui vunt al munt', explicit, 'Longue de corne ou il est mis'. ff. 64r-81v: André de Coutances or Andreu de Costances, Roman de la Rés...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1275-1300
Extent:

A parchment codex, 179 folios

2. Add MS 24686

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Title:
Psalter ('The Alphonso Psalter')
Scope & Content:
The work on the Alphonso Psalter (formerly known as 'The Tenison Psalter') was begun in c. 1284 when, as the arms on f. 11r suggest, the manuscript was intended as the wedding gift to Prince Alphonso of England (d. 1284), son of Edward I, and his bride Margaret, daughter of Florent V, count of H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1284-1316
Extent:

A parchment codex.

3. Add MS 24686, f 136r

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Title:
Prayer
Scope & Content:
A short prayer in Anglo-Norman French, incipit: 'Deux seez prest a moy cheitive peccheresse e gardeyn de moy touz les jours de ma vie...'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 folio.

4. Add MS 28681

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Title:
Psalter ('The Map Psalter') with added miniatures
Scope & Content:
The Map Psalter takes its name from its full-page illustration of a map of the world (on f. 9r), whose design shares close parallels with the famous mappa mundi, now housed at Hereford Cathedral. The manuscript was made in London during the second half of the 13th century. The Psalter’s calendar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1262-1300
Extent:

1 volume

5. Add MS 32125

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Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut; the Anglo-Norman Description of England; Estoire del Saint Graal; Robert de Boron, prose Merlin
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items bound together: ff. 1r-58v, Wace, Roman de Brut, in Anglo-Norman verse (ff. 1r-58r); an extract from the Anglo-Norman Description of England (ff. 58r-v). ff. 59r-245v, Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1325
Extent:

A parchment codex, 245 folios.

6. Add MS 32125, ff 1r-58v

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Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut; Description of England
Scope & Content:
This part contains 2 texts: ff. 1r-58r, Wace, Roman de Brut in Anglo-Norman verse. Incipit (f. 1r): 'Ky vot oyr e wot saver / De rey en rey e de eir en eir / ke cil furent e dunt vindrent / ke engleterre primes tindrent'. Numerous leaves are missing between ff. 48 and 49, with the loss of line...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1300
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex, 58 folios

7. Add MS 32125, ff 59r-245v

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Add MS 32125, ff 59r-245v
Title:
Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Scope & Content:
This part contains 2 texts: ff. 59r-205v, Estoire del Saint Graal (part of the 'Vulgate' cycle, see Sommers, Arthurian Romances, (1909)), in Old French prose. Rubric in red ('Ici comence...') has been mostly cut away in binding. Incipit of the prologue (f. 59r): 'Cil qui la hautesce e la seign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1325
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex, 145 folios.

8. Add MS 38662

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Title:
Gui de Warewic (Guy of Warwick)
Scope & Content:
Contents: The early 13th-century Anglo-Norman verse romance, Gui de Warewic, about the legendary soldier-saint, with a sequel about Rainbrun, son of Guy. Incipit 'Puis cel tens que Deu fu ned' (f. 1r) explicit, 'Que a lui en glorie puissums venir. amen.'(f. 80v). Decoration: Large puzzle initia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1225-1275
Extent:

A parchment codex, 80 folios

9. Add MS 38663

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Title:
La Chanson de Guillaume or Chançun de Williame
Scope & Content:
Contents: This is the only surviving manuscript of La Chanson de Guillaume, a chanson de geste, part of the cycle of Guillaume d'Orange (William of Orange) relating the battles against the Saracens. Incipit, 'Plaist vus oir de granz batailles . et de forz esturs . . . Oimas comence la chancun ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 25 folios

10. Add MS 38664

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Title:
Vie de St Margaret and Miracles of the Virgin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: La Vie de St Margaret is a unique version of the text, incipit, 'A la deu loenge e a la sue gloire', explicit, 'Ou lun deit deu e la virgine servir. Amen'; ff. 3r-16v: Miracles of the Virgin, here entitled 'Gracial' (f. 3r), are dedicated to Dame Mahaut (f. 3v) and the te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1225-1275
Extent:

A parchment codex, 16 folios