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361. Egerton MS 613, ff 7r-12v

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 613, ff 7r-12v
Title:
Conduct of Life
Scope & Content:
Verse in Middle English: 'Ic æm elder þænne ic wæs' (Conduct of Life) (IMEV 1272/DIMEV 2113).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Six parchment leaves

362. Egerton MS 613, ff 64r-70v

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 613, ff 64r-70v
Title:
Conduct of Life
Scope & Content:
Verse in Middle English: 'Ich æm elder þen ich wes' (Conduct of Life) (incomplete).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
Seven parchment leaves

363. Egerton MS 613, ff 71r-74v

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 613, ff 71r-74v
Title:
Medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Twenty-three medical recipes in Middle English, with headings.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
Four parchment leaves

364. Egerton MS 657

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 657
Title:
Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:
From the List of Additions (1843), p. 26 (1838): 'POEM intitled the Pricke of Conscience, by Richard Rolle of Hampole; imperfect at the beginning and end. On vellum, xivth cent. Quarto.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

365. Egerton MS 848

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 848
Title:
Collection of astronomical and astrological material, including a calendar, tables of lunar and solar eclipses, and treatises on the zodiac and planetary signs
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 3r: A set of notes on the altitudes of the sun and moon, written in Middle English. ff. 3v-15r: An astronomical calendar. f. 15v: A set of tables for solar eclipses, between the years 1491 and 1506, and lunar eclipses, between the years 1490 and 1505. f. 16r-v: A lunar calend...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1490
Extent:
1 volume

366. Egerton MS 2006

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2006
Title:
The Booke of Gostlye Grace
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of the two extant copies of The Booke of Gostlye Grace.The work is a Middle English translation of an abridged version of the Liber Specialis Gratiae, a large collection of the revelations of Mechtild of Hackeborn (b. 1240/1, d. 1298). Mechtild was a nun of the Bened...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

367. Egerton MS 2341/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2341/1
Title:
Instructions for the stained glass windows of Greyfriars Church, Greenwich
Scope & Content:
A roll of instructions for the glaziers creating stained glass windows for Greyfriars Church, Greenwich. The text describes each figure to be depicted, including their physical appearance, dress, attributes, and their heraldry. The figures are Edward the Confessor, Edmund the Martyr, St Aethel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1485-1503
Extent:
1 roll

368. Egerton MS 2341/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2341/2
Title:
Instructions for the stained glass windows of Greyfriars Church, Greenwich
Scope & Content:
A roll of instructions for the glaziers creating stained glass windows for Greyfriars Church, Greenwich. The text describes each figure to be depicted, including their physical appearance, dress, attributes, and their heraldry. The figures are Eadburga, daughter of St Aethelberht, St Kenelm, Cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1485-1503
Extent:
1 roll

369. Egerton MS 2622

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2622
Title:
Collection of treatises on arithmetic, geometry, horticulture and astronomy, including Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe'
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of treatises on arithmetic, geometry, horticulture, and astronomy, including the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', an instructional manual written by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). Contents: ff. 2r-12v: De ratione temporum, a set of mnemonic verses ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

370. Egerton MS 2658

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2658
Title:
The Middle English Liber Aureus and Gospel of Nicodemus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of four surviving copies of the Middle English Liber Aureus and Gospel Nicodemus (the others are Manchester, John Rylands Library MS Eng. 895, Stonyhurst College MS xliii, and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 207). The text is a narrative of the Passion and Resurr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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