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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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