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32. Cotton MS Julius E IV/3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Julius E IV/3
- Title:
- The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is the third volume of Cotton MS Julius E IV. The other volumes are Cotton MS Julius E IV/1 and Cotton MS Julius E IV/2. This volume contains the only surviving copy of a Middle English illustrated biography of Richard Beauchamp (b. 1382, d. 1439), 13th Earl of Warwick during the...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
33. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 224–225
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 224–225
- Title:
- Rental of Nailsbourne and Holway and other memoranda
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 224r-225r: A rental of Nailsbourne and Holway (f. 224r) followed by several memoranda. Decoration: No decoration.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII
34. Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 143–151
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 143–151
- Title:
- Sequence of prayers on the Litany; a memoria for St Ursinus of Bourges
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 143r-151v: Middle English prayers: to male martyr-saints (f. 143r); confessors (f. 143v); St John the Baptist (f. 144r); the Apostles (f. 144v); Christ (f. 145r); the Holy Ghost (f. 145v); the Trinity (f. 146r); the Virgin Mary (f. 146v); St Michael the Archangel (f. 147r); the Gu...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B III
35. Cotton MS Tiberius B XIII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B XIII
- Title:
- Gerald of Wales, Speculum Ecclesiae; Gerald of Wales, De Rebus a Se Gestis; Roger of Ford, Speculum Ecclesiae
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript contains two parts. The first part (ff. 1-185), copied in the first quarter of the 13th century, contains the only surviving copy of the Speculum Ecclesiae (Mirror of the Church) that Gerald of Wales (b. c. 1146, d. c. 1223), author and ecclesiastic, is thought to have ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 13th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
36. Cotton Roll IV 61
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Roll IV 61
- Title:
- Manifesto of George, duke of Clarence, George Neville, archbishop of York, and Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, in their rebellion against Edward IV
- Scope & Content:
- Manifesto of George, duke of Clarence (1449-1478), George Neville, archbishop of York (1465-1476), and Richard Neville (1428-71), 16th earl of Warwick, issued as part of their rebellion against King Edward IV in 1469, beginning imperfectly. The text complains about seditious persons misleading ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Date Range:
- 1469
- Extent:
- 1 roll
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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