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581. Harley Roll C 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll C 5
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle from Noah to Henry V of England
Scope & Content:
A genealogical roll chronicle beginning with Noah and tracing the lineage of the Kings of England through Brutus to Henry V (r. 1413-1422), consisting of a genealogical diagram with a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The dorse contains a defence of the rights of Rich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 roll

582. Harley Roll C 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll C 7
Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Edward I, with continuations to Edward IV
Scope & Content:
Contents: Two genealogical chronicles in Latin, one on the face and one on the dorse. Face of the roll: Membrane 1: A chronicle in Latin, beginning with the arrival of Brutus, incipit, 'Anno M CC ante navitate[m] D[omi]ni Brut[us] cu[m] Ygena uxore sua ...'. Membranes 1-2: A genealogical diag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 roll

583. Harley Roll T 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Roll T 11
Title:
Prayer or Amulet Roll
Scope & Content:
Contents: A roll containing prayers with textual and image-based talismans, including measured illustrations of the Passion. The roll is designed to be the exact length of Christ's body and was perhaps made to be carried or worn as an amulet for protection, or as a birth girdle. The first pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Parchment Roll

584. Lansdowne MS 204

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 204
Title:
John Hardyng, Chronicle (first version)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the first version of the Chronicle of John Hardyng (b. 1378, d. 1465), a former soldier and spy for King Henry V (r. 1413-1422). It was produced in Lincolnshire or the East Midlands in the middle of the 15th century and was probably commissione...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1440-1450
Extent:

1 volume

585. Lansdowne MS 348

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 348
Title:
Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains: f. 1r: Notes extracted from Albertus Magnus. Beginning: 'vernena est herba'. Ending: 'et tota domus apperebit plena vestriis'. f. 2r-127v: Prick of Conscience (Main Version IMEV 3428). Beginning: 'Þe myght' of þe fader all' mighti'. Ending: 'Þat for oure loue on Rode c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

586. Lansdowne MS 379

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 379
Title:
A miscellaneous volume formerly belonging to Mr. West, and purchased by him from the library of Sir Joseph Jekyl
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century - 17th century
Extent:
12 items

587. Lansdowne MS 699

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 699
Title:
Collection of poems by John Lydgate and Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r-v: John Lydgate, 'Life of St Giles', written in Middle English verse, imperfect comprising only the final six stanzas; the text beginning, '…Bi a spiryt oonly of prophecie...' (DIMEV 4129). ff. 3r-18r: John Lydgate, Fabula duorum mercatorum, written in Middle English verse, be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

588. Lansdowne MS 807

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 807
Title:
A volume, formerly belonging to John Warburton, Esq. Somerset Herald, containing 5 plays
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1558-1642
Extent:

4 items

589. Lansdowne MS 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 851
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, made shortly after his death, traditionally assigned to the year 1400. Contents: ff. 2r-12r: The General Prologue. ff. 12r-38v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 38v-39v: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 39v-47v: The Miller's Tale. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410
Extent:

1 volume

590. LFC Ch XIV 25

Reference (shelfmark):
LFC Ch XIV 25
Title:
Chirograph of an agreement between Syon Abbey and Spalding Priory
Scope & Content:
Chirograph of an agreement between Elizabeth, prioress of Syon Abbey [Middlesex], and Thomas, prior of Spalding Priory [Lincolnshire], brokered by Margaret [Beaufort] (b. 1443, d. 1509), mother of Henry VII. Since Edward IV’s reign, Spalding owed Syon £10 a year but this went unpaid until the su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1490
Extent:
1 leaf

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