Search

Project / Collection Arundel Manuscripts Language English, Middle Level [40] File

1. Arundel MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57
Title:
Michael of Northgate, Ayenbite of Inwyt
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript contains the only copy of the Middle English text, Ayenbite of Inwyt, together with religious poems and treatises. The first and last quires (ff. 1-12, 97-108) appear to have been added not long after the manuscript was written, possibly as protective flyleaves (see G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1340
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 3 items

2. Arundel MS 130

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 130
Title:
Ordinal and noted Breviary (use of Sarum) with other texts
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts contains: ff. 1r-100r: Ordinal and noted Breviary, Use of Sarum. ff. 100r-117v: Guido of Arezzo, Micrologus de plana musica. f. 118r: The Gret Sentence or Magna sentencia excommunicationis (fragment), dealing with offences that deserve excommunication (Index of Printed Middle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1455-1461
Extent:

Parchment codex

3. Arundel MS 140

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 140
Title:
Collection of legendary and devotional texts including The Prick of Conscience, Mandeville's Travels and The Seven Sages of Rome; Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is made up of two distinct structural units joined together. The first part (ff. 1-165) contains a collection of legendary and devotional works in Middle English, including The Prick of Conscience, The Seven Sages of Rome, and Mandeville's Travels. The second part (ff. 166-181)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Arundel MS 146

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 146
Title:
The Syon Additions to the Rule of St Saviour
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the text of a set of additions to the rules compiled for the sisters of the Brigittine abbey of St Saviour, St Mary, and St Bridget of Syon, founded by King Henry V (r. 1413-1422) in 1415. Other surviving versions of the Additions to the Rule include: London, Guildhall...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume