Hosteller’s register of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds; William de Montibus, Poeniteas Cito
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Contents: ff. 84v-195v: Hosteller’s register of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds. ff. 196r-197v: William de Montibus (d. 1213), Poeniteas Cito (I Urge You to Repent), in a late 12th-century hand, with marginal gloss, beginning: '[P]eniteas cito peccator cum sit miserator'. f. 197v: A colophon: '...
Contents:f. 1: early modern paper endleaf, containing on f. 1r a list of contents in the hand of Richard James (d. 1638).f. 2: modern paper endleaf, containing on f. 2v a pasted printed ownership label of Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617): 'Henry Savill ... oweth thys booke ...'.ff. 3r–4v: an unide...
Historical miscellany, including excerpts from the historical writings of Henry of Huntingdon, Ralph Niger and others (5r–23v); Chronicle of Lanercost Priory, 60 BC–AD 1346 (25r–245v), incorporating the couplet ‘Wille Gris, Wylle Gris’ (184v: Boffey 4174)
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Language(s): Latin; Middle English (184v); Anglo-Norman French (240v–241r, 243r–v) Dated: middle of the 14th century; middle of the 15th century (131r, 143r)
Language(s): Latin; Middle English (1v, 3r); Anglo-Norman French (11v, 16r–17r) Dated: last quarter of the 14th century to 1st half of the 16th century; last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century (f. 2); 17th century (4r)