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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Language English, Middle Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. Royal Appendix MS 58

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal Appendix MS 58
Title:
Collection of English vocal compositions, predominantly by anonymous authors.
Scope & Content:
Vocal compositions: one part only (except in no. 27), chiefly tenor. Unless the contrary is stated, they are anonymous. 1. 'A[h], the syghes that come fro my hert.' By W. Cornish. f. 1. 2. 'Though that she cannot Redresse.' f. 3b. 3. 'Colle to me the Rysshes greene.' f. 4. 4. 'Down bery down': a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

2. Royal MS 7 C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 7 C IV
Title:
Defensor of Ligugé, Liber scintillarum, with Old English glosses; Pauca de vitiis and peccatis (imperfect) with Old English glosses
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Liber scintillarum (Book of Sparks): a florilegium of extracts from the Bible and the Church Fathers written around 700 by a Benedictine monk of the abbey of Ligugé, Defensor of Ligugé. It also includes Old English interlinear glosses. The quires containing the Liber...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex