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1. Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v

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Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v
Title:
Glossed Aristotle De anima, with added texts in Latin, French and Middle English
Scope & Content:
1. A fragment of Aristotle's De anima with glosses added in the late 13th century (ff. 1r-12v); On the lower half of the pages and in spaces in the Aristotle text have been added: (i) Inscription (see below, item 2), verses (f. 2: Boffey 539.5, 1227, 1961.3, 3238.5) and a list of contents of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1300
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex: 12 folios

2. Arundel MS 57, ff 13r-96v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57, ff 13r-96v
Title:
Ayenbite of Inwyt, prayers and treatises in Middle English
Scope & Content:
1. Ayenbite of Inwyt ('Prick of Conscience'), a translation into the Kentish dialect of the French treatise on morality, Somme le roi. This is thought to be an autograph copy by the translator, Michael of Northgate, and is the only surviving example of the text in Middle English. A verse on f. 9...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1340
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex: 84 folios

3. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 2r–203v

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Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 2r–203v
Title:
Ancrene Riwle, with added poems and prayers
Scope & Content:
Ancrene Riwle (Ancrene Wisse) in Middle English (ff. 4r–199r: Boffey 734.5, 1820, 1917, 2285, 3568): this is one of the two oldest surviving manuscripts of the text. Added in the 2nd half of the 13th century to 2nd half of the 14th century (ff. 9v lower margin, 57v, 199r–202v): Prayers in Lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

202 folios, bound together in a single volume with f. 1 of this manuscript.

4. Cotton MS Domitian A IX, ff 84–85

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A IX, ff 84–85
Title:
Verse account of those who discovered the Holy Cross; memorandum on King Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–1470, 1471–1483); names of the lordships held by the duke of York.
Scope & Content:
This folios, copied in the 2nd half of the 15th century, contain a verse account of those who discovered the Holy Cross in Latin (ff. 84r–v), a memorandum on King Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–1470, 1471–1483) in Latin (f. 85r), and the names of the lordships held by the duke of York in Mid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A IX

5. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 162r–174v

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Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 162r–174v
Title:
Scutum Dei triangulum (162r); abecedarium (162v–168v); calendar (169r–174v)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain: f. 162r: diagrams of the Scutum Dei triangulum in Latin and Middle English; ff. 162v-168v: an abecedarium in Latin and Middle English; ff. 169r-174v: a calendar. Decoration: initials, diagrams, lines, and rubrics in red throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

6. Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 199–280

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Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 199–280
Title:
Life of St Edith; Chronicle of Wilton Abbey; Life of St Æthelthryth
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Middle English hagiographies and a Latin chronicle of Wilton abbey: ff. 199r–263r: a verse Life of St Edith (Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 243); ff. 263r–264v: a chronicle of Wilton Abbey; ff. 265r–279v: a Life of St Æthelthryth (Boffey and Edwards, A New...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina B III

7. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 39–106

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 39–106
Title:
John Lydgate (?), The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man
Scope & Content:
Contents: The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man (Boffey 4265, imperfect), a verse translation of Guillaume de Deguileville, Le Pelerinage de la vie Humaine, attributed to John Lydgate (for discussion of Lydgate's authorship, see Walls (1977) and Green 'Lydgate and Deguileville' (1978)). The text ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1

8. Harley MS 941, f 26v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 941, f 26v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Medical recipes (six recipes). Title underlined in red 'For passey or þe failyng yvyl', incipit: 'Ys gode to drynk ys own / water ix daes et in quantity'. Listed in L. E. Voigts and P. D. Kurtz, Scientific and Medical Writings in Old and Middle English: An Electronic Reference, CD-ROM, 2nd ed. (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 folio.

9. Harley MS 941, ff 21v-23v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 941, ff 21v-23v
Title:
'On the Times', verses in Latin and Middle English
Scope & Content:
'On the Times', verses in Latin and Middle English; see J. Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards, A New Index of Middle English Verse (London: British Library, 2005), nos. 1400/3, 3113/3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
3 folios.

10. Harley MS 941, ff 24r-25r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 941, ff 24r-25r
Title:
John Lydgate, Dietary
Scope & Content:
John Lydgate, Dietary; incipit: 'For helth of þe body cover frome cold þe hed / Ete no raw mete take gode hede þerito', explicit: 'to indifferent rycheft and dietari / Explicit concilium corporis et anime / Explicit dietarys particularis'. Edited in John Lydgate, Minor Poems, ed. by H. N. MacC...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
2 folios.

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