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31. Stowe MS 33

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Stowe MS 33
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ANSELMI Epistolæ ccccxvii.: a transcript of Cotton MS. Claudius A. xi., containing the complete collection of St. Anselm's letters; made in 1670 under the inspection of Sir Roger Twysden, who certifies its correctness in an autograph note at the end. A table of titles of the letters is prefixed....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1670
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1 item

32. Stowe MS 34

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Stowe MS 34
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SHORT HOMILIES on the various virtues and vices, in English. The beginning is wanting; the titles of the paragraphs which now stand first are "Of Sorinesse " [Sorrow] and "Of Asolknesse, Unlust" [Sloth]. Vellum; ff. 49. Early XIIIth cent. With a strongly marked change of hand at f. 39. Bound in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 13th century
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1 item

33. Stowe MS 35

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Stowe MS 35
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DE CORPORE ET SANGUINE DEI: a treatise on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper by B[aldwin], brother of the Abbey of Ford [in Devonshire, afterwards Abbot of Ford in 1168, Bishop of Worcester in 1180, and Archbishop of Canterbury 1184-1191], dedicated to B[artholomew], Bishop of Exeter [1159-1172]...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 13th century
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1 item

34. Stowe MS 36

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Stowe MS 36
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EIGHT SERMONS "de Morte," and eleven "de Passione" Christi, in Latin. A short introduction is prefixed to the first series, beg. "Cum propriam imperitiam," and each sermon begins with the words "Omnes morimur." The second series begins, "Rorantes sanguine lacrimas" (f. 29b). The end of the volum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

35. Stowe MS 37

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Stowe MS 37
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" HENCHERIDIOM Magistri Alani [de Insulis] de Conquestione Naturae ": a treatise against immorality, in mixed prose and verse, beg. " In lacrimas risus, in luctus gaudia verto." Printed in Migne, Patrologia, vol. ccx. 429-482. At the end, in a somewhat later hand and on two leaves which original...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

36. Stowe MS 38

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Stowe MS 38
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"A TRETIS þat suffisiþ to eche cristen man and womman to lyuen þeraftir," beg. "This tretis compilid of a pore caitif," and hence commonly known as "The Poor Caitiff." The authorship has been attributed to Wiclif, but see Shirley, Fasciculi Zizaniorum, 1858, p. xiii. n. 3. The headings of the di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

37. Stowe MS 40

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Stowe MS 40
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"DE SACRO Jesu Christi triumpho habito Lauduni adversus daemonem mulierculae corpus agitantem compendiosa historia": a narrative, in Latin, of certain miracles alleged to have occurred at Laon in 1565 and 1566, edited by Jean Boulaese, priest first of Chartres and then of Laon, professor "litera...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1565-1570
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1 item

38. Stowe MS 41

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Stowe MS 41
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TRANSLATION Of the dialogue entitled "Octavius," in defence of Christianity, by M. Minucius Felix. The following note is appended: "Translated by my selfe at Pyrton in the Intervalls of my Hunting & Hawking times, Anno 1632: I dare not say well, but as I coulde. Ignoscat Lector. Henry Knappe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1632
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1 item

39. Stowe MS 42

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Stowe MS 42
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Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
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This manuscript contains the Revelations of Divine Love by the anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich (b. 1342, d. c.1416). It is thought to be a copy from an exemplar manuscript for a edition published in 1670 by Serenus Cressy (b. c. 1605, d. 1674). Cressy was a Benedictine confessor for the E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1675
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1 volume

40. Stowe MS 43

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Stowe MS 43
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"THE LIGHT IN DARKNESS, or The True Religion long sought, at last found out, amongst all the religions of the world here mention'd, by Martin Brethon, a true prozelyte to the Church of England, Aug. 26, 1685"; consisting of a dictionary of churches, sects, and religious opinions, in alphabetical...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1685
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1 item