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1. Add Ch 7483

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Title:
Grant by Edward III to Isabella, his daughter, of a dowry for her marriage to Louis, count of Flanders
Scope & Content:
Grant by Edward III to Isabella (b. 1332, d. 1382), his daughter, of a dowry for her marriage to Louis II (b. 1330, d. 1384), count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel. Edward promises land and money, including 25000 livres parisis of Flanders per year; given at Bergues [then in the County of Flander...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
14 Mar 1347
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 62467

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Title:
A set of instructions from Margaret III, Dowager Duchess of Burgundy, to her commissioners to make a treaty of commerce with England
Scope & Content:
A detailed set of instructions from Margaret III (b. 1350, d. 1405), Dowager Duchess of Burgundy, to her commissioners, to make a trade treaty with England, including a list of rights and privileges to secure and when they should return to her for further instructions. Given at Arras, 19 Decem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
19 Dec 1404
Extent:

1 document

3. Add Ch 77733

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Title:
Le Précepte d'Assise
Scope & Content:
Guernsey, 3 May 1507. Signed by the notaries Johannes Nicolle and Philippus Asselme. Le Précepte d'Assise is one of the most important documents for the medieval history of Guernsey. It acts as a “constitution”, designed to end disputes between the English monarchy and the local population, set...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1507
Extent:
1 parchment single-sheet document

4. Add Ch 77738

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Title:
Marriage contract between Prince Edward of England and Philippa of Hainault
Scope & Content:
Marriage contract between Prince Edward of England (the future King Edward III, r. 1327-1377), and Philippa of Hainault (b. c. 1314, d. 1369), daughter of Count William of Hainault (b. c. 1286, d. 1337) and Joan of Valois (b. c. 1294, d. 1352). The contract was issued two years prior to the off...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1326
Extent:
1 leaf

5. 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.

6. Add MS 10043

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Title:
The first volume of a three-part glossed History Bible in Middle Dutch, covering the Old Testament books of Genesis until Tobit, with commentary from the Historia Scholastica by the French theologian Peter Comestor (d. 1179).
Scope & Content:
This is the first volume of a three-part Dutch History Bible: a bible in which the biblical text alternates with commentary from the Historia Scolastica by the French theologian Peter Comestor (d. 1179). This part contains the Old Testament books from Genesis to Tobit; its other two volumes are ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1431
Extent:

Parchment codex

7. 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

8. Add MS 15641

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Title:
Christine de Pizan, Livredes trois vertus
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Contents: Christinede Pizan, Le Livre destrois vertus (The Book of the Three Virtues), an educational treatise forwomen composed in 1405, with the alternative title, Le Trésor de la cité des dames. Written in three books. The text belongs to Willard's Northern group (Willard, Trois vertus, 198...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 17399

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Title:
Prologue by Gilbert de la Porrée (ff. 2r-3v); Apocalypse (Revelation) in prose with glosses (ff. 3v-58v).
Scope & Content:
Contents: Apocalypse (Revelation) in prose, with prologue by Gilbert de la Porrée. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. ff. 2r-3v: Prologue by Gilbert de la Porrée: 'Saint Paul lapostre dit'. Ending: 'Sique len peut chascune partie par soy seurement entendre et dire. Et dit ainsi'. ff. 3v-58v: Apoca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 58 folios.

10. Add MS 17446

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Title:
Christine de Pizan, Les Enseignemens Moraux; moral and spiritual poems in French
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-3v: 'Instruction et doctrine a bien vivre et mourir' (printed in the Oeuvres Poetiques de Guillaume Alexis Prieur de Bercy, ed. by Arthur Piaget and Emile Picot, 3 vols, Societe des Anciens Textes Francais (Paris: 1536). ff. 4r-5v: 'Contre aulcuns exces qui se commettent chasc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
late 15th century or early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume