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1. Egerton MS 745

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 745
Title:
Devotional miscellany, including the Lives of St Denis and Edward the Confessor
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-24r: La vie de Saint Eustace; ff. 25r-27v: : Les Dix Commandemens; f. 27v-28r: Laidenge et convoitise; ff. 28v:-30v: Le sermon de Saint Beneoit (Saint Benedict); f. 30v: Les 15 Joies Nostre Dame; f. 31v: Meditations; f. 33r: Les sept vertus; f. 33r Une prière d'un cheva...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 232 folios

2. Egerton MS 984

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 984
Title:
Proceedings of the condemnation trial of Joan of Arc; extracts from Martial d’Auvergne, Les Vigiles du roi Charles VII
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a later copy of the condemnation trial or processus against Joan of Arc (b. c. 1412, d. 1431). Joan was put on trial following her capture by the Burgundian army outside the walls of Compiègne on 23 May 1430. Pierre Cauchon (b. 1371, d. 1442), Bishop of Beauvais, conduct...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Egerton MS 1894

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1894
Title:
Egerton Genesis Picture Book
Scope & Content:
Cycle of 149 illustrations of Genesis, from Creation to the latter part of the history of Joseph; full-page drawings arranged in one to four compartments on each page, executed in ink, and either with colour washes or unfinished, with (ff. 1r-9v) short captions in Ango-Norman French, based on Pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 20 folios

4. Egerton MS 2781

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2781
Title:
Book of Hours, use of Sarum (The 'Neville of Hornby Hours')
Scope & Content:
Contents: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, consisting of: ff. 2r-7v: A calendar, with numerous English saints; ff. 9r-20v: 23 Salutations of the Virgin in Latin, each beginning 'Ave et gaude'; ff. 21r-25r: Prayers to the Virgin in Latin, some with rubrics in Anglo-Norman; ff. 25v-26r: Prayer f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex