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1. Add Ch 11282

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Add Ch 11282
Title:
Grant by Odelina de Trachy, abbess of St Mary of Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons, of Ermengarde and her daughter Helota
Scope & Content:
Grant by Odelina de Trachy [r. 1257-73], abbess of St Mary of Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons and their preceptor Pierre Bouana, of Ermengarde, daughter of Helindis Lahasar, and her daughter Helota; given June 1264. Endorsed: in a late 13th-century hand, ‘m. de ff. / De Les...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1264
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 66585

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Add Ch 66585
Title:
Acknowledgement of fealty by Jehanne de Longueioe, abbess of St Antoine des Champs, Paris, to the Celestines of Paris, for land held of them
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement by Jehanne de Longueioe, abbess of St Antoine des Champs, Paris, of the fealty owed to the prior and convent of the Celestines of Paris (Notre Dame de l’Annunciation or l’Assomption), for land the abbey holds at Val Raguelin from the Celestines, part of the fee of Tournedoz near ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1534
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Cotton MS Titus A XVII

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Cotton MS Titus A XVII
Title:
Le Sacre, Couronnement, et Entrée de Claude de France
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Le Sacre, Couronnement, et Entrée de Claude de France, an anonymous French account of the consecration, coronation and royal entrance into Paris of Claude de France (b. 1499, d. 1524), Queen of France, and wife of Francis I (r. 1515-1547), which took place on 10-12 May 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1517
Extent:

1 volume

4. Cotton MS Vespasian B III

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Cotton MS Vespasian B III
Title:
Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne, a eulogistic French poem in honour of Anne of Brittany (b. 1477, d. 1514), Queen of France, followed by a prose description of her funeral in 1514. The work has been attributed to Pierre Choque (b. c. 1450, d. 1530), herald ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1514
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 1251

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1251
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Added paper fragment of a printed 15th- or 16th-century book concerning canon law, inscribed on the recto with a book curse in Middle English verse, ‘Thys boke ys one and godes kors ys anoder they that take the ton god gef them the toder’ (DIMEV no. 5660-3), late-15th/16th cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1430-c 1440
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 3661

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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

7. Royal MS 19 B XVI

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Royal MS 19 B XVI
Title:
Le Miroir des Dames (an anonymous French translation of Durand de Champagne's Speculum Dominarum)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early 15th-century copy of Le Miroir des Dames, an anonymous French translation of the Speculum dominarum, a treatise on queenship written for Jeanne de Navarre (b. 1273, d. 1305), Queen of France and wife of Philip IV (r. 1285-1314), by her confessor, Durand de Champ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1428
Extent:

1 volume

8. Sloane MS 3525

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Sloane MS 3525
Title:
Aldobrandino of Siena, Le Régime du corps; Le livre de toutes herbes; Roger Frugard, Chirurgia; Antidotarium Nicolai; and other medical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v, 1r-7v, 22v, 23r-v: Recipes in a hand of the 17th century. ff. 3r-5v: Table of contents, probably compiled by the scribe; this does not accurately list all contents, but contains a list of the chapters of the Régime du corps, and of the texts on ff. 82-108. ff. 6r-16v: A ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Stowe MS 582

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 582
Title:
Le Sacre, Couronnement, et Entrée de Claude de France
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Le Sacre, Couronnement, et Entrée de Claude de France, an anonymous French account of the consecration, coronation, and royal entrée into Paris of Claude de France (b. 1499, d. 1524), Queen of France, and wife of Francis I (r. 1515-1547), which took place on 10-12 May 15...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1517
Extent:
1 volume

10. Stowe MS 584

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 584
Title:
Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne; Discours des Ceremonies du Sacre et mariage d'Anne de Foix avec Ladislaus Roy de Hongrie
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two French works attributed to Pierre Choque (b. c. 1450, d. 1530), herald and king of arms at the court of Anne of Brittany (b. 1477, d. 1514), Queen of France. The first text is the Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne, beginning with a dedication to the 'Sire de ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1514
Extent:
1 volume