Collection of prophecies and papal and royal letters, including Second Scottish Prophecy (86v: Boffey 4008); political prophecy beginning ‘Euer is six the best chance of the dyce’ (123v: Boffey 734.8)
Ancrene Riwle; songs and prayers; a leaf from a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): (i) f. 1r-1v: A leaf from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Annunciation; (ii) ff. 2r-203v: Ancrene Riwle; poems and prayers in Middle English, Anglo-Norman French and Latin.
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.
Life of St John the Evangelist (118r: Boffey 2932, imperfect); Life of Thomas Becket (118r-149v: Boffey 907, 3064); Life of St Theophilus (149v-151v: Boffey 3266); Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary (151v-155v: Boffey 50, 56, 58, 59, 1788); Life of St Cecilia (155v-158v: Boffey 2873); Life of St Gregory (158v-166v: Boffey 204)
John of Hildesheim, Historia Trium Regum; Des grantz geanz; Brut Chronicle (Short Version); Lamentation of Our Lady; four minor works by Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works in Latin, Middle English and Anglo-Norman French. The core of the manuscript (ff. 80-189) dates to the middle of the 14th century, with subsequent additions up to the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. The contents include the Historia Trium Regum, a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
The Arms of Christ (1v: Boffey 91); verse beginning ‘That in thi mischef fosakit the no3th’ (1v: Boffey 3280); verse beginning ‘Wan y was pore than was y fre’ (1v: Boffey 3970); Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britannie (8r-94r); history of the kings of England (95r-107v); miscellaneous historical notes and verses (108r-133v)