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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32125
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.

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32125, ff 1r-58v
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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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.

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35069
Title:: Single leaves and cuttings from illuminated manuscripts
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1: Leaf from the end of book 5 and the beginning of book 6 of Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah, 12th century (possibly from the same manuscript as f. 2). Decoration: 1 decorated initial 'Q' in red ink, with spirals of foliage and a dragon. Dimensions: 340 x 228 mm (text space: 260 x...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 12th century-14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35180
Title:: Peter the Chanter, Verbum Abbreviatum; Metrical life of Thomas of Canterbury; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus (excerpt); French notes on the compass
Scope & Content:: This early 13th-century manuscript originates from the Cistercian monastery of Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire, as is indicated by its ownership inscription. The manuscript primarily contains a biblical commentary of the French theologian Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), the Verbum Abbreviatum (Abbr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35283
Title:: Psalter in Latin and Anglo-Norman
Scope & Content:: A bilingual Psalter, with canticles and liturgical texts; the Latin text is in the left column with a parallel Anglo-Norman French text in the right column; the translation is related to the Anglo-Norman version in the 'Oxford' Psalter: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 320 (see Short and others, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38662
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38663
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38664
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38842
Title:: Apocalypse with commentary in French prose (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Contents: Apocalypse fragment (from chapters 9-16). The text is close to that of the Queen Mary Apocalypse. Decoration: 18 framed miniatures in colours with gold. Large initials in gold, on rose and blue grounds with filigree decoration in white. Subjects of the miniatures: f. 1r: An ang...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:: Early 14th century
Extent:: 8 parchment folios

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