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11. Add MS 12042

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Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose
Scope & Content:
Contents: Le Roman de la Rose: ff. 1-32v: The first section by Guillaume de Lorris, begun around 1220, incipit, 'Maintes gens dient quen songes'; ff. 32v-148r: The continuation by Jean de Meun (or 'Jehan Chopinel'), composed between 1269 and 1278, begins with the rubric, 'Encor des co[m]pla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 166 folios

12. Add MS 12228

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Title:
Meliadus or Guiron le Courtois
Scope & Content:
Meliadus or Guiron le Courtois (part of the romance also known as Palamedes) was composed between 1235 and c. 1240. The present manuscript contains the prologue, with attribution to Hélie de Boron, in which he claims to have been given two castles by King Henry in return for his work (f. 2v), an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1352-1362
Extent:

A parchment codex

13. Add MS 17333

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Title:
Apocalypse (the 'Val-Dieu Apocalypse')
Scope & Content:
Content: Apocalypse (Revelation), in parallel Latin and French. Latin version: ff. 1r-47v: 'Apocalipsis Ihesu Christi quam dedit illi Deus palam facere servis suis'. Ending: ' Et fratrum tuorum prophetarum et corum qui servant verba libri huius. Deus adora'. Old French version: ff. 1r-47v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1320-1330
Extent:

A parchment codex, 47 folios.

14. Add MS 17708

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Add MS 17708
Title:
"L'AGI de puberta, ou Lou Chincho Merlicho," a poem in a patois of the South of France, f. 1; "Dialogue d'Horace et de Lydie, par [Etienne Augustin de] Wailly," f. 13; "La solitude, par [Pierre de] Ronsard," f. 13 b; "Cansoun deis oousselets," f. 14; "Chanson sur la vie," f. 15. Paper; XIXth cent. Octavo. [Add. 17,708.]
Scope & Content:
Language. Dialects: French. L'Agi di Puberta, in patois. Poetry FRENCH: Poems: in Old French. includes: f. 13 Etienne Augustin de Wailly: Dialogue d'Horace et de Lydie. f. 13 b Pierre de Ronsard: La solitude.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and French, Old
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 18633

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Title:
Apocalypse in Latin with a verse translation and prose commentary in French [imperfect] (ff. 1r-50v); with a paraphrase in Middle English prose (ff. 10v-39r).
Scope & Content:
Contents: Apocalypse in Latin with a verse translation and prose commentary in French. ff. 1r-50v: Latin text: 'Apocalipsis Ihesu Christi quam dedit illi Deus palam facere servis suis'. Ending: 'Gratia Domini Nostri Ihesu Christi cum omnibus vobis. Amen'. ff. 1r-50v: French text: 'Ceste livre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 50 folios.

16. Add MS 19559

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Title:
STATUTA Westmonasterii secunda, anno 13o Edw. I. A.D. 1285 (imperfect at the beginning.) On the back, a poem on holding a Court Baron, in Norman French; followed by discussions of points of law, in French and Latin. Vellum Roll; end of the XIIIth cent. [Add. 19,559.]
Scope & Content:
Law OF ENGLAND: Poem on holding a Court Baron: 13th cent.: Norman-French. Law OF ENGLAND: Statuta Westmonasterii secunda: 1285.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French, Old
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 28162

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Title:
Somme le Roi
Scope & Content:
The 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 commandement'; preceded by a rubric: 'Cest le premier commandement qui dex commanda'; explicit (including the wrong date of the compilation): 'C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
c 1290-c 1300
Extent:

A parchment codex, 146 folios

18. Add MS 31840

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Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Roman de la Rose (ff. 3-142), followed by a collection of moral verses (ff. 142r-v). It includes: ff. 3r-28r: The first section of the Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Loris. Rubric: 'Cest livre est apele la rose/ Du lart damours est toute enclose'. Beginning 'Maint...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 142 folios.

19. Add MS 32125

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Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut; the Anglo-Norman Description of England; Estoire del Saint Graal; Robert de Boron, prose Merlin
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items bound together: ff. 1r-58v, Wace, Roman de Brut, in Anglo-Norman verse (ff. 1r-58r); an extract from the Anglo-Norman Description of England (ff. 58r-v). ff. 59r-245v, Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1325
Extent:

A parchment codex, 245 folios.

20. Add MS 32125, ff 1-58

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Add MS 32125, ff 1-58
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:
French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1300
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex, 58 folios.

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