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12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. Egerton MS 2726
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2726
- Title:
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales ('The Haistwell Manuscript')
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-271r: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Tales are arranged in the following order: ff. 1r-11v: The General Prologue. ff. 11v-39v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 39v-40v: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 40v-49r: The Miller's Tale. f. 49r-v: The Reeve's Prologue. ff. 50...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
19. Egerton MS 2863
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2863
- Title:
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales ('The Norton MS')
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. ii verso: a note in a 19th or early 20th-century hand, stating that the book formerly belonged to the Priory of Southwick in Hampshire, that it was given by Richard Norton Esquire to his brother John Chichely Esquire, and that the medieval scholar John Urry (b. 1666, d. 1715) made...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
20. Egerton MS 2864
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2864
- Title:
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales; John Lydgate, The Siege of Thebes; Chronicle of the Saints and Kings of England
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-292r: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, beginning, 'Incipit Liber Galstid Chaucer de gestis peregrinor[um] versus Cantuariam', with extensive glossing and marginal headings in Latin and Middle English. Over 50 of the glosses also appear in Add MS 5140. The Tales are arra...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume