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1. Add MS 50001

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 50001
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of Elizabeth the Queen', or 'The Hours of Elyzabeth ye quene')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar of Sarum use, but not containing all the feasts described as peculiar to Sarum in W. G. Henderson, The York Missal, 2, Surtees Society, 60 (1874), pp. 271-2. Entries in red include: Richard of Chichester (3 April); Dunstan (19 May); Augustine of Canterbury (26 May...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1415
Extent:

1 volume

2. Harley MS 1498

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1498
Title:
Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:
Content: ff. 1-129v: The manuscript preserves a series of four agreements (indentures) made on 16 July 1504 between Henry VII and the abbot and monks of Westminster Abbey concerning the King’s new burial chapel that was designed to replace an earlier structure at the east end of the church. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1504
Extent:

1 volume.

3. Royal MS 2 A XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 A XVIII
Title:
Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours')
Scope & Content:
The Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours is a composite volume composed of two parts produced in different periods, as well as added texts on the flyleaves. It evolved into its present form during the 15th century. Part 1, the earliest portion of the manuscript, is a series of 24 leaves containing suffrag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1401-c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

4. Royal MS 18 D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D II
Title:
John Lydgate, Troy Book and Siege of Thebes, with verses by William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris and others
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: Added table of contents, 17th century (f. 1r). 1. John Lydgate, Testament (ff. 1v-5r); 2. John Lydgate, Troy Book (ff. 6r-146r); 3. John Lydgate, Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162r); 4. William Cornish, A Treatise between Information and Truth (ff. 163r-164r); 5. John ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1457-c 1530
Extent:

213 + 5 folios.