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1. Add MS 10036

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THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM by Vespasian and Titus, in English verse : wanting about 1400 lines at the beginning;-The assumption of the Virgin, in English verse ;-A questioun of the peynes of helle, and how soules desireth to haue rest in that place;-The thre arowis that God schal schete at domysdaie apone hem that schullen be dampned;-Paraphrase on the Lord's Prayer, etc. ;-The fifty-first Psalm in English verse. On vellum, of the xvth century. Octavo. [10,036.]
Scope & Content:
Theology: The three arowis that God schal schete at domysdaie. Theology: A questioun of the peynes of helle: in old English. Romances: The destruction of Jerusalem, an old English poem. Poetry ENGLISH: The Assumption of the Virgin: xvth cent. Poetry ENGLISH: The destruction of Jerusalem: xvt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 10053

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SPECULUM S. Edmundi, Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis, i. e. The sermon of Saynt Edmund [Rich] of Pounteney, that is clepyd the Merour of Saynt Edmunde, and men clepen it the Merour of holy chyrche ;- A tretes necessarye for men that euen hem vnto perfeccion, whiche was foundyn in maister Lowys de Fontibus boke at Cambrigge, and torned into Englisshe by maister Water Hilton, canon of Thorgortone;-a pystyl of Seynt Jerome sent to a mayden, Dematriad, that hadde vowyd schastite to oure Lord Jhesu...
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Theology: Explanation of the Paternoster, etc.: in old English. Theology: Treatise on the seven deadly sins: in old English. Theology: Duodecim abusiones claustralium. Saint Edmund Riche,; of Pounteney, Archbishop of Canterbury: Speculum, or Merour of holy chyche. Poetry ENGLISH: Verses on H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 10301

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A MARTYROLOGY, or Lives of the Saints, the Festivals, etc., in old English verse. Imperfect, being little more than the first half of the work; and ending with St. Michael's day. A further portion of this MS. will be found in MS. Add. 10,626. On vellum, of the xivth century. In the original binding, temp. Henry VIII. In the cover is inserted an ivory carving of the crucifixion. Small Folio. [10,301.]
Scope & Content:
Saints: Lives of the Saints: in old English verse. Poetry ENGLISH: Lives of the Saints, the Festivals, etc.: xivth cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 10440

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THE FOURTHE BOOK of Anathomye [of Guglielmo da Saliceto of Piacenza] ;-The litel tretys of the worschipful doctour maister Lamfrank, of Mylane, of Cyrurgie;-A treatise on the judgment of urines;-Medical receipts. The first two tracts on paper, the rest on vellum, of the xvth century. Quarto. [10,440.]
Scope & Content:
Urine: Treatise on the judgment of: in old English. Guglielmo da Saliceto, of Piacenza: The fourthe book of Anathomye: in old English. Medicine: Medical receipts of the xvth century. Lanfranc of Milan: Tretys, of cyrurgerie.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 10596

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A BOKE that is called the crafte of deying [by Richard Rolle of Hampole];-The History of Tobie [of the version ascribed to Wycliffe]; -A devout meditacioun a man to thenke with inne him, on the godenes of oure blessed Lord;-Various prayers;-The pistle of holy Sussanne [of the version ascribed to Wycliffe]. On vellum, of the fifteenth century. Duodecimo. [10,596.]
Scope & Content:
John Wycliffe: History of Tobie and of Susanna, of the version ascribed to him. Theology: A devout meditacioun on the godenes of oure blessed Lord. Richard Rolle, of Hampole, hermit and author: Boke that is called the Crafte of deying. Prayers: Various prayers: in old English.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 10626

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FRAGMENT, consisting of eight leaves, of the Lives of the Saints, in old English verse. On vellum, of the xivth cent. lt is a portion of the Add. Ms. l0,301. Folio. [10,626.]
Scope & Content:
Saints: Lives of the Saints: in old English verse. Poetry ENGLISH: Lives of the Saints, the Festivals, etc.: xivth cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 11412

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ALFRED's Anglo-Saxon version of the History of Orosius, translated from the Cotton Ms. Tib. B. I., by Dr. David Wilkins; imperfect at the commencement. At the end is a portion of a Latin translation by Wilkins, and some notes on Bernicia and Deira. Quarto. [11,412.]
Scope & Content:
David Wilkins, LL.D: Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of the history of Orosius, translated by him. Paulus Orosius: Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of Orosius: with a Latin translation by D. Wilkins. Alfred the Great: Anglo-Saxon version of Orosius, translated by D. Wilkins.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 11565

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THE MIRROR of the Life of Christ, translated from the Latin of Bonaventure, by John Morton [wanting the first portion]; - A shorte tretise of the hiest and moste worthy sacrament of Cristis blessid bodi, and the myracles thereof [imperf.] ;-The life of Seyntes, and this boke is called yn Latyn Legenda Sanctorum [imperf]. On vellum, xvth cent. Large Folio. [11,565.]
Scope & Content:
Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa: The Life of Seyntes,: in old English, translated from the Legenda Aurea. Theology: A shorte tretise of the Sacrament of Cristis blessid bodi, etc. Saints: The life of Seyntes;: in old English translated from the Legenda Aurea. John Morton: Bonaventure...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 11748

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WALTER HILTON, treatise of a Contemplative Life, in two books;-A chapter from Bonaventura's book of the Life of Christ;-Verses on the instruments of the crucifixion, etc.; all in English. On vellum. xvth cent. Small Quarto. [11,748.]
Scope & Content:
Poetry ENGLISH: Verses on the Crucifixion, etc.: xvth cent. Walter Hilton, Augustinian canon at Thurgarton: Treatise of a contemplative life. Saint Bonaventura,; Cardinal-bishop of Albano: A chapter from his book of the Life of Christ: in Old English.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 22878-23125

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Title:
Turner Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts purchased at the sale of Dawson Turner's Collection.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, English, Old, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, and Welsh
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:
261 items