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11. Cotton Ch XI 71

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XI 71
Title:
Grant by Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England, to Robert Westende, purveyor of the queen’s coaches, of an annuity of 40s.
Scope & Content:
Anne of Bohemia (b. 1366, d. 1394), Queen of England and wife of Richard II (r. 1377-1399), grants to Robert Westende, purveyor of the Queen’s coaches, an annuity of 40s from the issues of the manor of Cosham, Wiltshire; given at Windsor, 6 May 1394 [17 Richard II]. Affixed with Anne’s red sea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1394
Extent:
1 leaf

12. Harley MS 3661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3661
Title:
The elections of abbesses of Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a guide to the election of abbesses of Holy Trinity Abbey in Caen, France, based upon the procedure followed at Agnès de Thieuville’s election in 1482. The guide is appended with a later account of the appointment of Anne de Montmorency as abbess in 1555, by which time a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1482
Extent:
1 volume

13. Harley MS 4605

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4605
Title:
Christine de Pizan, Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r-v: Table of contents to Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie, with a rubric beginning, 'Cy commence la table des rubriches du livre des fais darmes & de chevalerie le quel dit livre est parti en quatre parties' (f. 2r); the main text beginning, 'La premiere partie de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1434
Extent:

1 volume

14. Royal MS 18 B XXII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 B XXII
Title:
William Worcester, The Boke of Noblesse
Scope & Content:
The Boke of Noblesse, a tract encouraging Edward IV to go to war with France, citing historical precedents and quoting from several authors, particularly Christine de Pizan's Faits d'armes et de chevalerie, wrongly referred to here as the Tree of Battles (ff. 13r-v, 14v-16v, 28r-v). Written by W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

15. Royal MS 19 C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 C VII
Title:
Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry, Le Livre du Chevalier de la Tour-Landry; Renaut de Louhans, Mélibée et Prudence; Philippe de Mézières, Griseldis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Le Livre du Chevalier de la Tour Landry (The Book of the Knight of the Tower), written by Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry (b. before 1330, d. between 1402 and 1406), a nobleman of Anjou, for the instruction of his daughters. The volume also contains a number of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

16. Sloane MS 2401

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2401
Title:
Aldobrandino of Siena, Le Régime du corps; Le livre Ypocrae; medical charms and recipes
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illustrated copy of Le Régime du corps, a handbook for health composed by Aldobrandino of Siena (d. 1296/1299), an Italian physician. Three other copies of Le Régime du corps also contain roughly 140 historiated initials with comparable subject matter: Cambridge, Uni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume