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31. Add MS 15562

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Title:
Catholicon Anglicum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an imperfect and incomplete copy of the Catholicon Anglicum. The only known complete copy of this text is Add MS 89074. The text opens imperfectly, part way through the entry for 'to Accuse' (f. 1r) (the first complete entry is 'an Accuser'). The text ends imperfectly,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

Paper codex

32. Add MS 16165

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Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Boece; Edward of Norwich, The Master of the Game; John Lydgate, The Temple of Glas, and other literary works, written by John Shirley
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a compilation of works in Middle English and Latin, written by John Shirley (b. c. 1366, d. 1456). Shirley was secretary to Richard Beauchamp (b. 1382, d. 1439), 13th Earl of Warwick, as well as a translator and scribe who is now best known for his transcriptions of works by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1423-1439
Extent:
1 volume

33. Add MS 18633

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Title:
Apocalypse in Latin with a verse translation and prose commentary in French [imperfect] (ff. 1r-50v); with a paraphrase in Middle English prose (ff. 10v-39r).
Scope & Content:
Contents: Apocalypse in Latin with a verse translation and prose commentary in French. ff. 1r-50v: Latin text: 'Apocalipsis Ihesu Christi quam dedit illi Deus palam facere servis suis'. Ending: 'Gratia Domini Nostri Ihesu Christi cum omnibus vobis. Amen'. ff. 1r-50v: French text: 'Ceste livre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 50 folios.

34. Add MS 18646

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Title:
Treatise of the coming of Antichrist
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–9r: ‘The treatise of the cummynge of Antecryst’. The text is not a fragment, but is incomplete: it was intended as the first part of a longer work, which, in three other divisions, was to treat of the signs of judgement, the last judgement, and the joys of paradise.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 16th century-1st quarter 17th century
Extent:

Paper codex

35. Add MS 22139

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Title:
John Gower, Confessio amantis, with four minor poems by Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an imperfect copy of the Confessio amantis, a Middle English poem by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), together with four minor poems by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). Contents: ff. 1r-137v: John Gower, Confessio amantis, written in Middle English with Lati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

36. Add MS 22283

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Title:
Homilies, poems and prose treatises (The Simeon Manuscript)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a compilation of homilies, poems and prose treatises in Middle English. Its production is closely associated with Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. a.1, although there are differences in the content and decoration. Notes: - the lower case letters in brackets refer to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

37. Add MS 22285

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Title:
The Martyrology of Syon Abbey
Scope & Content:
A collection of texts used by the nuns and brothers of Syon Abbey, including liturgical guides, obituaries, historical notices, a calendar, and a martyrology. For an edition and translation of the manuscript, see Gejrot, ed. The Martiloge of Syon Abbey (2015); for a list of book donors to Syon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

38. Add MS 22556

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Title:
?Geoffrey the Grammarian, Promptorium parvulorum
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains an imperfect copy of the Promptorium parvulorum, a fifteenth-century English-Latin dictionary. Several other manuscript copies survive: British Library, Harley MS 221, Harley MS 2274 (fragment) and Add MS 37789 (with the Medulla grammaticae); Cambridge, Emmanuel College,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

39. Add MS 23002

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Title:
Collection of scientific treatises, including Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe'
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of scientific treatises, including the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', an instructional manual written by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). The manuscript's contents closely resemble another 15th-century treatise collection (now Egerton MS 2622). Conte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

40. Add MS 23198

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Title:
Treatise on Geometry and Masonry
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an anonymous treatise in Middle English prose recounting the history of geometry, which it equates with masonry, through the Bible down to King Æthelstan, ending with nine articles and nine points setting out regulations for masons. It is considered one of the oldest sur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

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