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1. Add MS 8101

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Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Edward I
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical chronicle of England from Brutus to the death of William the Conqueror, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French, and additional material. Face of roll: Membrane 1: A diagram in red and brown of the Heptarchy followed by commentaries with the following rubrics, 'Desc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Parchment roll

2. Add MS 11713

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Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of English Kings to Edward I
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical chronicle of English kings to Edward I, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French. Membrane 1: A diagram of the Heptarchy (consisting of five kingdoms instead of seven) with a commentary, incipit 'Par ceste figure desus'; Membranes 2-9: A genealogical diagram of the ki...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1301-1306
Extent:

1 roll

3. Add MS 14028

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Title:
Diplomatic papers and collections of Robert Beale
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of Robert Beale's papers and other collected documents. At some point, possibly in 1784, it became split from the main collection of Beale papers in the Yelverton Manuscripts. It was acquired by the antiquary George Chalmers and after his death was bought by the British Muse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1526-1594
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 15248

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Title:
Bible moralisée
Scope & Content:
Contents: Bible moralisée, a picture Bible containing excerpts from the Old and New Testaments, with a moralising commentary, ff. 1r-3v: Preface, incipit, 'Comment la sainte scripture se puet exposer en quatre manieres'; ff. 3v-15v: Preface, incipit 'Cy commence la declaration de plusieurs ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1455
Extent:

Parchment codex

5. Add MS 15736

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Title:
Friendship album of George Andrew, Freiherr von Herberstein
Scope & Content:
Friendship album or ‘Stammbuch’ of George Andrew, Freiherr von Herberstein. Containing autographs and coloured arms, collected principally at Strasbourg and Steir, in the years 1612-1623. With an alphabetical index of writers (ff. 96v-104r). f. 1r Parhcment fragment with ownership inscription, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1612-1623
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 16912

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Title:
Extracts by Ismael Boulliau from Greek and Latin manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Extracts by Ismaël Boulliau (Ismaël Bullialdus) (1605-1694) from Greek and Latin manuscripts in the Royal Library and other libraries.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 17275

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Title:
Vie des Saints, a French prose Legendary consisting of the lives of 154 saints
Scope & Content:
Contents: The Vie des Saints (Lives of the Saints), a Legendary partially taken from Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend). The translation is attributed to Jehan Beleth (or Jean Belet) (d. c. 1185), liturgist and theologian of Amiens and Paris: the preface to the table of rubric...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1325-1340
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 19633

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Title:
Esther Inglis, calligraphic copy of Les Quatrains de Guy Du Faur, Siegneur de Pibrac
Scope & Content:
Quatrains by Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac (1529-84), first published in 1576. An autograph calligraphic copy by Esther Inglis (1570/71–1624), calligrapher. Given to Prince Charles, later King Charles I, as a New Year’s gift in January 1614/1615. With the Prince’s arms (f. 1v) and a self-portr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1615
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 19969

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Title:
Letters and state papers relating to the treaties and embassies of Ferdinand de Boisschot, Baron of Saventhem
Scope & Content:
Letters and state papers concerning certain treaties and embassies. Principally relating to Ferdinand de Boisschot (c. 1560s-1649), Baron of Saventhem and Dutch Ambassador to England. With genealogies and arms of several families, 1615-1647. ff. 2r-10v Documents relating to the embassy of Ferdi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1615-1647
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 21247

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Title:
Alain Chartier, Le Livre des Quatre Dames
Scope & Content:
Contents: Le Livre des Quatre Dames, a poem of 3531 lines that was composed by Alain Chartier ( b. 1385, d. c.1433), political writer and ambassador for Charles VII of France, shortly after the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The poet meets four ladies who tell of the fates of their four lovers w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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