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31. Stowe MS 54

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 54
Title:
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César
Scope & Content:
Contents: Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (or Histoire Universelle), a universal history from the time of Thebes to 60 BC, as follows: ff. 2r-30r: The story of Thebes from the birth of Oedipus to the conquest by Theseus and the story of Hercules; ff. 30v-45r: The siege and capture of Troy, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

32. Yates Thompson MS 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 8
Title:
Breviary, Use of Verdun, Winter portion ('The Breviary of Renaud de Bar' or 'The Breviary of Marguerite de Bar')
Scope & Content:
The first volume of a Breviary, of which the second is now in the Public Library at Verdun (Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 107). The manuscript appears to have been made for Renaud de Bar, canon of Verdun Cathedral, provost of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Verdun (from 1302), and Bisho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1302-1303
Extent:
1 volume

33. Yates Thompson MS 49/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 49/1
Title:
Jean de Vignay, La Légende Dorée, Volume I
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of two volumes containing Jean de Vignay's La Légende Dorée, a Middle French translation of a popular collection of saints' lives known as the Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), originally compiled by Jacobus de Voragine (b. c. 1230, d. 1298). The second volume of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1470
Extent:
1 volume

34. Yates Thompson MS 49/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 49/2
Title:
Jean de Vignay, La Légende Dorée, Volume II
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second of two volumes containing Jean de Vignay's La Légende Dorée, a Middle French translation of a popular collection of saints' lives known as the Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), originally compiled by Jacobus de Voragine (b. c. 1230, d. 1298). The first volume of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1470
Extent:
1 volume