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1621. Royal MS 17 B XXXI

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Royal MS 17 B XXXI
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'THE TWELVTH NIGHTS REUELLS': the Masque known as that of Blackness in the Queen's Masques, by Ben Jonson, whose inscription is at the end, 'Hos ego versiculos feci. Ben. Jonson'. With a dedication to James I, 'The teares of the howers, justice, peace and lawe, wept into the bosome of the best K...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1604-1605
Extent:
1 item

1622. Royal Appendix MS 57

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Royal Appendix MS 57
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Motets and Madrigals, by Derick Gerard, as well as authors: Caron, Clemens non Papa, Havericq, Hollander, Lasso, Latfeur, Lupi, and de Wismes.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1b, 4b. Bass part of two Motets. 1. ‘Jesu, corona virginum‘; with second part, ‘Quoqunque (sic) pergis’; and fourth part, ‘Laus, honor, virtus’ (à 6). ‘Orlando di Lassus.’ ff. 1b-4. 2. ‘Vrbs beata, Jherusalem’; with second part, ‘Noua veniens e celo’ (à 6); fourth part, ‘Tonsionibus pressuri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (28 folios)

1623. Royal Appendix MS 58

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Royal Appendix MS 58
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Collection of English vocal compositions, predominantly by anonymous authors.
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Vocal compositions: one part only (except in no. 27), chiefly tenor. Unless the contrary is stated, they are anonymous. 1. 'A[h], the syghes that come fro my hert.' By W. Cornish. f. 1. 2. 'Though that she cannot Redresse.' f. 3b. 3. 'Colle to me the Rysshes greene.' f. 4. 4. 'Down bery down': a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

1624. Royal MS 14 C IV

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Royal MS 14 C IV
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WORKS of Hethoum, Peter of Blois, Hildebert of Le Mans, &c., in Latin, viz.: 1. Hayto [al. Hethoum], Flos Historiarum (cf 13 C. XII, art. 3). The title here is the same. f. 1. 2. Iohannes de Rupella, De viribus anime. No title. Beg. 'Si ignoras te, O pulcherrima mulicrum'. Colophon, 'Hec ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

1625. Royal MS 16 E IX

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Royal MS 16 E IX
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LA LUMIERE AS LAIS, by Pierre d'Abernun de Peckham (cf. 15 D. II, art. 1); abridged. Without title or author's name. Beg. (livre ii, dist. iv, ch. 2, 'De la riche gent ke nunt talent de seruir deu') 'E ke dites vus de la riche gent Ke vnt cest siecle tut a talent'. There is no more of livre ii e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

1626. Royal MS 8 A IX

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Royal MS 8 A IX
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THEOLOGICAL WORKS, &c., in Latin, in prose and verse, viz.:- 1. Ecclesiae Speculum, a poem on the ceremonial of the Mass in about 530 rhyming hexameters, with prose commentary. Dedicated to Maurinus, Archbishop of Narbonne (1263-1272), to whom the anonymous author states that he has alread...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1305-1317
Extent:
1 item

1627. Royal MS 7 B IV

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Royal MS 7 B IV
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DRAFTS, partly in the hand of Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury, for a projected revision of the Breviary. An account of this MS. is given in Edward VI and the Book of Common Prayer, by F. A. Gasquet and E. Bishop (London, 1890), and several parts of it are printed in the appendices. The c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1543-1547
Extent:
1 item

1628. Royal MS 17 B XXVIII

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Royal MS 17 B XXVIII
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Book of expenses of Princess Mary, with an inventory of her jewels; catalogue of printed books in the Royal Library
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This manuscript contains a record of the household expenses of Princess Mary, later Mary I (r. 1553-1558), Queen of England, for the period 1536-1544. The accounts feature marginal notes and corrections written in Mary's hand, and her signature inscribed at the end of each month for the first ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1536-1581
Extent:
1 volume

1629. Royal MS 9 A XIV

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Royal MS 9 A XIV
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TRACTS on theological and canon law subjects, and lives of saints, &c., in Latin; with a few medical recipes in French. A contemporary table of contents is on f. iv, and a later one (15th cent.) on ff. ib and ii. Contents:- 1. 'Casuanus', or table of the brief summaries called 'casus'. whi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 item

1630. Royal MS 15 C XIV

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Royal MS 15 C XIV
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PLINY'S Natural History, abridged, with a few marginal notes, by Robert of Cricklade, Prior of S. Frideswide's at Oxford, in nine books. For Prior Robert see Gir. Cambrensis Opera, Rolls Ser., viii, p. xi. A Wolfenbüttel MS. containing libb. ii-viii only of this recension was collated for Sillig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 item

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