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1. Add MS 10292

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 10292
Title:
Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)
Scope & Content:
Contents: The prose Lancelot-Grail (Sommer, Vulgate Version (1909-1916), vols I and II); ff. 1r-76r: L'estoire del Saint Graal, incipit, 'Chil ki se tient et iuge au plus petit et au plus peceor du monde'; explicit, 'Ore no[us] co[n]saut sainte marie' (Sommer, vol. I); ff. 76r-216v: L'estoire...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1316
Extent:

1 volume

2. Add MS 10293

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 10293
Title:
Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)
Scope & Content:
Contents: The prose Lancelot-Grail continued (Sommer, Vulgate Version (1909-1916), vols III-V). This part of the cycle is sometimes known as the Lancelot-propre or Lancelot du Lac, as it deals mainly with the courtly exploits of Lancelot : ff. 2r-129r: Lancelot’s birth, education, and arrival...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Add MS 10294

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 10294
Title:
Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)
Scope & Content:
Contents: The prose Lancelot-Grail continued (Sommer Vulgate Version (1909-1916), vols VI and VII): ff. 2r-53r: La Queste del Saint Graal, from the second folio, incipit, 'toucera de si pres q[ue] v[ous] ne le voldries avoir baillie', explicit, 'Si se taist atant li contes que plus nen dist d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1316
Extent:

1 volume

4. Add MS 10294/1

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Add MS 10294/1
Title:
Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)
Scope & Content:
The first folio from each of Add MS 10293 and Add MS 10294, now bound together in a separate volume, Add MS 10294/1, numbered Additional 10293, f. 1 and Additional 10294, f. 1. A note on the first paper flyleaf states: 'Separated from the volume for better preservation, 6 December, 1860'. Cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
1316
Extent:

2 folios, one from Add MS 10293 and one from Add MS 10294

5. Add MS 32125, ff 1r-58v

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Add MS 32125, ff 1r-58v
Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut; Description of England
Scope & Content:
This part contains 2 texts: ff. 1r-58r, Wace, Roman de Brut in Anglo-Norman verse. Incipit (f. 1r): 'Ky vot oyr e wot saver / De rey en rey e de eir en eir / ke cil furent e dunt vindrent / ke engleterre primes tindrent'. Numerous leaves are missing between ff. 48 and 49, with the loss of line...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1300
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex, 58 folios

6. Add MS 32125, ff 59r-245v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 32125, ff 59r-245v
Title:
Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Scope & Content:
This part contains 2 texts: ff. 59r-205v, Estoire del Saint Graal (part of the 'Vulgate' cycle, see Sommers, Arthurian Romances, (1909)), in Old French prose. Rubric in red ('Ici comence...') has been mostly cut away in binding. Incipit of the prologue (f. 59r): 'Cil qui la hautesce e la seign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1325
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex, 145 folios.

7. Add MS 54180

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Add MS 54180
Title:
Laurent d'Orléans, La Somme le Roi
Scope & Content:
La Somme le Roi, a moral compendium compiled in 1279 by the Dominican Friar Laurent for King Philip III of France (r. 1270-1285), incipit: 'Le premier comandement'; preceded by a rubric: 'Ce sont les X commandemenz nostre seigneur jesus'; explicit (including the date of the compilation): 'Cest l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
c 1295
Extent:

208 folios.

8. Arundel MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57
Title:
Michael of Northgate, Ayenbite of Inwyt
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript contains the only copy of the Middle English text, Ayenbite of Inwyt, together with religious poems and treatises. The first and last quires (ff. 1-12, 97-108) appear to have been added not long after the manuscript was written, possibly as protective flyleaves (see G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1340
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 3 items

9. Harley MS 273

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 273
Title:
Compilation of religious and secular texts
Scope & Content:
A composite miscellany of religious and secular texts written in England (mostly in Anglo-Norman) and assembled for devotional and instructive purposes. It is made of six parts: First unit (ff. 1r-69v) includes a French Psalter with a calendar, followed by other liturgical prayers, and Hours of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1300-1349
Extent:

1 volume

10. Harley MS 524

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 524
Title:
Collection of sermons and theological tracts (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The collection includes (f. 66) two contemporary additions relating to medicine, a charm (item 1) and a short verse on humours (item 2). Two short chapters (ff. 84, 119-11v; items 3-4) discuss the formation of the fetus and birth in theological rather than medical terms. The cataloguing of the m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 item

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