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1. Add MS 38816-38824

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Title:
Dunn Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Purchased at the sale of the library of the late Mr. George Dunn of Woolley Hall, Maidenhead.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
12th century-18th century
Extent:
9 items

2. Add MS 38824

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PRECEDENT-BOOK of Ralph Howland of Maidenhead as J.P. for Berkshire, relating chiefly to events in the neighbourhood of Maidenhead, 1711-1732, with a note of his appointment (f. 2), a list of constables, overseers, surveyors, etc., for Cookham and Bray, 1710-1733 (f. 60), and an index (f. 64). M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 38822

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PSALTER, with calendar of Sarum use. The contents are: "Oracio de sancta Trinitate" (beg. "Domine deus omnipotens qui es trinus et unus qui es semper in omnibus") and other prayers. f. 1 ; Calendar, witli numerous English saints and the Sarum feast of relics (Sund. after Transl. of St. Thomas in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 38820

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THEOLOGICAL and ethical compilations, viz.: 1. "Auctoritates pro virtutibus contra vitia" (so the modern title on the back) : a collection of biblical texts suitable for texts of sermons (a section de tempore and de sanctis, including St. Francis, is at the end of pt. ii, ff. 46-59) divided into...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of 13th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 38816

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MISCELLANEOUS volume containing : 1. Hexham Saints and their miracles, by Ethelred (Ailredus), Abbot of Rievaulx, headed "Incipiunt miracula sanctorum patrum qui in sancta Hagustaldensi ecclesia requiescunt, dictata a uenerabili Hethelredo abbate." Beg. "Presentis diei festiuitas." Printed in Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 38823

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Title:
Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book of Sir Edward Hoby, politician and diplomat (1560-1617), containing entries on various subjects including America, Parliament, the Isle of Sheppey, the siege of Calais (1346-1347), and Mary, Queen of Scots. ff. i-ii) Remains of two parchment fragments of a 13th-century manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1582-c 1596
Extent:

1 volume

7. Add MS 38821

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REGISTRUM BREVIUM, statutes and other legal collections, temp. Edw. I, doubtless compiled for use in Lincolnshire. Contents: 1. "Registrum": a register of writs in the name of Edward I, and evidently compiled in the first years (1272-1275) of his reign, since the formulae of the writs of De nati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1285
Extent:
1 item