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1. Egerton MS 616

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 616
Title:
Letters relating to England and Spain
Scope & Content:
Original letters illustrative of the history of England and Spain, with a modern transcription of some of the letters on ff. 80r–94r. ff. i–ii: Modern contents list. ff. 1r–v: Letter in Latin and on parchment from Richard II to the King of Aragon [Peter IV], 26 August [c. 1386], Westminster. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1386-1662
Extent:
1 volume

2. Egerton MS 1069

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1069
Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose
Scope & Content:
Contents: Le Roman de la Rose: ff. 1-31r: The first section by Guillaume de Lorris, begun around 1220, incipit, 'Maintes gens dient quen songes'; ff. 31r-148r: The continuation by Jean de Meun, composed between 1269 and 1278, incipit, 'Et si lai je perdue espoir'. The attribution to the two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 148 folios

3. Egerton MS 1151

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1151
Title:
Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
A Book of Hours made c. 1260–70 by the workshop of William of Devon for the use of a laywoman. The calendar and litany include many saints associated with Worcestershire and the West Midlands such as Sts Frideswide, Oswald, Chad, Wulfstan, Milburga, Wilfrid, Birinus, Dunstan and Egwin. The high ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1260-70
Extent:
A parchment codex

4. Egerton MS 1693

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1693
Title:
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Beale, 1569-1593
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Beale, 1569-1593, comprising: continental correspondence; papers relating to Mary, Queen of Scots; and correspondence about the Church of England in the 1580s. This is a miscellaneous collection of papers once belonging to Robert Beale which have become separated...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1569-1593
Extent:
1 volume

5. Egerton MS 1694

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1694
Title:
Original letters addressed to Robert Beale (1576-1579, 1587) and to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1585-1587), with other papers concerning English involvement with the Dutch Revolt
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the English involvement with the Dutch Revolt. The volume was once part of the Yelverton manuscripts, from which it became separated, and it embodies the involvement and preoccupation with the Dutch Revolt of the collection's originator, Robert Beale (1541-1601). Beale w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1576-1587
Extent:

1 volume

6. Egerton MS 2019

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2019
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris
Scope & Content:
Contents: Hours of the Virgin, in Latin, with calendar and prayers in French: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar in French; ff. 13r-20r: Cursus evangeliorum; ff. 20v-29v: Prayers to the Virgin, including 'Obsecro te' and 'O Intemerata'; ff. 30r-103v: Hours of the Virgin; ff. 104r-141v: Penitential...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1440-1450
Extent:
A parchment codex, 235 folios

7. Egerton MS 2709

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2709
Title:
Pierre Boutier and Jehan le Verrier, Le Canarien or Conquête et les conquérants des Iles Canaries
Scope & Content:
Contents: Pierre Boutier and Jehan le Verrier Le Canarien, or Conquête et les conquérants des Iles Canaries, a History of the Conquest of the Canary Islands by Gadifer de la Sale and Jehan de Bethencourt in 1402-1404. The authors are described in the text as 'Frere Pierre Boutier of Saint Jou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1405 - 1420
Extent:

Parchment codex

8. Egerton MS 2711

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2711
Title:
Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt
Scope & Content:
An album consisting primarily of fair copies of the poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt. ff. 2r–3v: Sir John Harington, Miscellany. f. 4r: Sir Thomas Wyatt, ‘Behold, love, thy power how she dispiseth!’. f. 4r: Sir Thomas Wyatt, ‘What vaileth trouth? or, by it, to take payn?’. ff. 4v–5r: Sir Thomas Wya...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1530s
Extent:

Paper codex