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Language French, Middle Digitised Content Yes (unavailable) Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 7970

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Title:
Dialogue de la duchesse de Bourgogne à Jésus Christ (ff. 2-140)
Scope & Content:
Content: The Dialogue de la duchesse de Bourgogne à Jésus Christ, a treatise on contemplation, was commissioned by Margaret of York to her almoner, Nicolas Finet in c. 1468. ff. 2r-140v: Rubric: 'Le dialogue de la duchesse de Bourgogne a Ihesus Christ'. Beginning: 'Comme la vye humaine est di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
Between 1468 and 1477
Extent:

A parchment codex, 142 folios.

2. Add MS 15229

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Title:
Le Roman de Renart
Scope & Content:
Contents: Fourteen episodes of the French verse romance, Le Roman de Renart (Reynard the Fox), attributed to Pierre de Saint Cloud, Richard of Lison and others. The Roman is based on a large collection of tales from Oriental sources, mostly collected and translated in Picardy or the Paris area ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Middle
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

3. Add MS 22283

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Title:
Homilies, poems and prose treatises (The Simeon Manuscript)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a compilation of homilies, poems and prose treatises in Middle English. Its production is closely associated with Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. a.1, although there are differences in the content and decoration. Notes: - the lower case letters in brackets refer to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

4. Add MS 42133

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Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose; Jean de Meun, Codicille and Testament
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8v: (18th century addition), rubric: 'Cy est le Roman de la Rose/ ou lart danours est tout enclose', beginning: 'Maintes gens vous disent que songes/ ne sont que fables et mensonges'; ff. 9r-143v: Roman de la Rose, beginning (imperfect): 'I cercle dor onques encores/ Ne fu si ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 171 folios

5. Add MS 88973

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Add MS 88973
Title:
Cartulary of Lacock Abbey
Scope & Content:
The earlier of the two Lacock cartularies, numbered '523' in Davis, Medieval Cartularies (1958), p. 59. The later cartulary is Add MS 88974. The core part of the manuscript (ff. 7r-72r) contains charters, rentals and custumaries relating to Lacock Abbey, copied in stages in the thirteenth centu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century-Early 16th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

6. Add MS 89169

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Title:
Cartulary of Burton Abbey
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–5r: Table of contents to the cartulary, with folio references. ff. 6r–7v: Table of contents arranged by issuer. ff. 8r–74v: The earliest section of the cartulary, created c.1230–41 with 13th- to 15th-century additions, arranged partially by the status of grantors (foundation and royal; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century-15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

7. Egerton MS 274

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Egerton MS 274
Title:
Musical miscellany in French and Latin
Scope & Content:
A musical miscellany the main part of which was copied in France in the second half of the thirteenth century, with many 14th- and 15th-century additions near the end, the music written both in square notes and Gothic neumes. Alison Stones connects its historiated initials with artistic activity...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century - 15th century
Extent:

1 volume