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Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1990
Title:: "DER Statt Zürich Regiment Bucb," etc.: containing lists of magistrates and officials from 913 to 1775, with other matter relating to the history and government of the city, and engraved portraits of the "consules" from Rodolph Bruno, 1336, to Johann Hoffmeister, 1734. On the engraved title-page are the arms, in colour, of the family of Gossweiler of Zürich. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:: City of Zurich: Regiments und geschlechter buch: 18th cent. Art. Portraits: Consules of Zürich: 1330-1734, 18th cent.: Engr. includes: f. 1 Gossweiler family; of Zurich: Arms: 18th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1991
Title:: CONFESSIO amantis, by John Gower. Imperfect, beginning in the Prologue with the line, "which al þe world haþ ouertake" [ed. Pauli, vol. i. p. 8], after the lines which distinguish between the editions dedicated respectively to Richard II. and Henry of Lancaster, afterwards Henry IV. At the end are included the lines, "And gret wel Chaucer whan ze mete," etc. [ed. Pauli, vol. iii. pp. 374-377, note], which are followed by fifty-two lines containing the substance, but with considerable variati...
Scope & Content:: John Gower: Confessio Amantis: 15th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Gowers Confessio Amantis. Miniatures, borders and initials: 15th cent. includes: f. 1 Thomas Tragicus, Bohemus: Acrostic on J. Brograve: 17th cent.: Lat.f. 1 Sir John Brograve: Acrostic on: 17th cent.: Lat....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1992
Title:: METRICAL chronicle of England to 1461, by John Hardyng; beginning with the prologue, and ending imperfectly with the first line of the last stanza but one of ch. ccxl. of the edition printed by R. Grafton, in 1543. Paper; end of the xvth cent. From the library of Lord Charlemont. Quarto.
Scope & Content:: John Hardyng: Metrical Chronicle of England to 1461: 15th cent. England General Chronicles and History: T. Hardyng's metrical chronicle: to 1461.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1993
Title:: LIVES of the Saints, etc., in English verse,according to the order of the calendar; possibly, as suggested by Sir F. Madden, "Havelok the Dane," 1838, p. lii, by the author of the metrical chronicle attribute to Robert of Gloucester. This and other copies, more or less identical (of which the earlier and more important are in Harl. MS. 2,277, and Ashmole MS. 43, Laud MS. 108, and the Vernon MS. in the Bodleian), are minutely described and compared by Dr. Carl Horstmann, "Altenglische Legende...
Scope & Content:: Lives of Saints: Lives of the Saints, in English verse: 14th cent. includes: f. 27 Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Metrical Life: 14th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1994
Title:: ENGLISH plays, in different hands, viz.:- 1. The Elder Brother, a comedy [by John Fletcher]. Printed in 1637. The epilogue is here followed by three epigrams. f. 2. 2. "The play of Dicke of Devonshire; a Tragi-Comedy." The scene is laid at Cadiz, circa 1636, the characters being Don Fernando, Governor of Cadiz, Eleonora, his daughter, Henrico Gusman, "Dicke Pike, the Devonshire soldier," etc. f. 30. 3. Play in five acts, without title, in which the characters are Raphael, Treadway, Ash...
Scope & Content:: Drama: Collection of English plays: ante 1645. includes: f. 1 John Fletcher, dramatist: The Elder Brother: a play: 17th cent.f. 186 Lady Mother, The: A comedy: 1635.f. 186 William Blagrave, Deputy Master of the Revels: License for the "Lady Mother,": 1635.f. 224 Two Noble Ladies and th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1st half of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1995
Title:: MISCELLANEOUS historical and other pieces in prose and verse, viz.:- 1. "The vii sages of Rome;" in verse. See the Catalogue of Romances. f. 3. 2. Lines on the words, "Memento homo quod cinis es et in cinerem reuerteris," beginning, "Wheune lyfe ys moste louyde and dethe ys moste hatyde;" a version of the well-known "Erthe upon Erthe," f. 55. 3. "The properteys that longy the to a yonge gentylleman," "the Condyseyons of a grehounde," "termys of venery, etc.," and "termys of keruynge of ...
Scope & Content:: Poetry: English historical and other pieces: 15th cent. Manners and Customs: The Boke of Curtesy, etc.: 15th cent. includes: f. 1, 2 b Recipes: Medical,: 11th cent. - 19th cent.f. 3 Tales: The Seven Sages of Rome, in English verse: 15th cent.f. 3 Seven Sages, The: The Seven Sages of Rom...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1996
Title:: PETRI Pauli Vergerii liber de ingenuis moribus. Vellum; in an Italian band of the xvth cent. With a broad illuminated border at the beginning, containing representations of the choice of Hercules, a tournament, etc. From the library of Lord Charlemont. Quarto.
Scope & Content:: Pietro Paolo Vergerio, the Elder: De ingenuis moribus: 15th cent. includes: f. 1 Tournaments: Drawing of a tournament: 15th cent. f. 1 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Vergerius de ingenuis moribus. Miniature: late 15th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

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