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2. Royal MS 2 B I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 2 B I
- Title:
- Selection of Psalms, with Prayers and Litanies
- Scope & Content:
- A Selection of Psalms, Litanies and Prayers in Latin, commissioned by Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, the fourth son of Henry IV (1391-1447). The contents are: ff. 1r-6v, Calendar, of Sarum use, with red-letter feasts of SS. Wulstan, David, Chad, Edward king and martyr., Cuthbert (and transl.), Ri...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1430-c1440
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Royal MS 14 B V
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 B V
- Title:
- Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: A roll chronicle containing the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I as a king (1272-1307), but without portraits of his children, in the form of a diagram of interconnected roundels with portraits of kings in colours and gold, and an accompanying commentary...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and French
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
1 roll
4. Royal MS 14 B VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 B VI
- Title:
- Genealogical roll of the kings of England
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: A roll chronicle containing the genealogy of the Kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England from 1272, in the form of a diagram of interconnected roundels with royal portraits in colours and gold, and an accompanying commentary. Incipit: 'Par ce...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and French
- Date Range:
- c 1300-c 1340
- Extent:
-
1 roll
5. Royal MS 14 E I vol 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 E I vol 1
- Title:
- Vincent of Beauvais, translated by Jean de Vignay, Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale), books 1-5
- Scope & Content:
- The first volume (books 1-9) of Le miroir historiale, (32 books in total) is now bound in two parts, foliated separately, of which this manuscript is part 1 and contains books 1-5 with a table of contents of book 6. Part 2 is Royal MS 14 E I, vol 2 and contains books 6-9. The original Latin work...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1479-1480
- Extent:
-
The first part of a parchment codex bound in two volumes
6. Royal MS 14 E I vol 2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 E I vol 2
- Title:
- Vincent of Beauvais, translated by Jean de Vignay, Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 6-9
- Scope & Content:
- The first volume (books 1-9) of Le miroir historiale, (32 books in total) is now bound in two parts, foliated separately of which this manuscript is part 2 and contains books 6-9. Part 1 contains books 1-5 and the table of contents of book 6. The original Latin work, the Speculum Historiale was ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1479-1480
- Extent:
-
The second part of a parchment codex bound in two volumes
7. Royal MS 15 E IV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 15 E IV
- Title:
- Jean de Wavrin, Recueil des croniques et anciennes istoires de la Grant Bretaigne, vol. 1
- Scope & Content:
- The first volume of the Recueil des croniques et anciennes istoires de la Grant Bretaigne (Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre)by Jean de Wavrin, Seigneur de Forestel, contains a chronicle of British history from its mythical origins up to the reign of Edward II. This copy has been bound in two s...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1471-1483
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex bound as 2 separate volumes
8. Royal MS 15 E VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 15 E VI
- Title:
- Poems and Romances (the ''Talbot Shrewsbury book'')
- Scope & Content:
- A collection of fifteen romances, chivalric treatises, instructional texts, chronicles and statutes compiled as a gift to Margaret of Anjou, on her betrothal to Henry VI, from the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who escorted her to England for the marriage in 1444. The contents are as follows: f. 1v: ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1444-1445
- Extent:
- 1 volume
9. Royal MS 17 E VII vol 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 17 E VII vol 1
- Title:
- Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale
- Scope & Content:
- Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale (Bible historiale complétée moyenne according to Berger 1884), a French adaptation of Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica with additional books supplied from the French translation of the Bible made at Paris c. 1250; bound in two volumes. The first volume ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1356-1357
- Extent:
- 264 folios.
10. Royal MS 17 E VII vol 2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 17 E VII vol 2
- Title:
- Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale
- Scope & Content:
- Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale (Bible historiale complétée moyenne according to Berger 1884), a French adaptation of Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica with additional books supplied from the French translation of the Bible made at Paris c. 1250; bound in two volumes. The first volume ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1357
- Extent:
- 342 folios.