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21. Egerton MS 2880

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2880
Title:
The New Testament in Scots, translated by Murdoch Nisbet
Scope & Content:
Written during the first quarter of the 16th century, the volume contains the first translation of the New Testament into Scots, undertaken by Murdoch Nisbet (d. 1559), a Lollard and notary in the diocese of Glasgow. Contents: ff. 4r-6v: Martin Luther, Prologue to the New Testament, translate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Scots
Date Range:
1515-1525
Extent:

1 volume

22. Egerton MS 3245

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3245
Title:
Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:
From the Catalogue of Additions (1970), pp. 358-60: PRICK OF CONSCIENCE and other religious pieces, in verse and prose; late 14th cent. English (some of the rubricated passages Latin). The manuscript is discussed and f. 193 reproduced in Brit. Mus. Quart., xiv, 1939-1940, pp. 87-88 and pl. xxx;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:
1 item

23. Egerton MS 3874

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3874
Title:
Detached leaf, possibly from an artist's patternbook
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises a single detached leaf believed to have formed part of an artist's patternbook. The recto of the leaf features two drawings, one depicting a swan wearing a crown around its neck attached to a ringed chain, the other depicting four cranes attacking a frog. The verso ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of 15th century
Extent:

1 leaf

24. Egerton MS 3883

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3883
Title:
Book of Hours with verses by John Lydgate and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, with 16th-century additions, including the feasts of St Thomas of Canterbury, which had previously been erased; ff, 13r-19v: Odes of St Bridget with the rubric, 'Oratio devota ad Christum'; f. 19v: A note on the age of the Virgin Mary at the time of her death (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
A parchment codex, 179 folios