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1. Stowe MS 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 17
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours'). 1. (ff. 2v-13r): Calendar, in French. Incipit (f. 2v): 'KL Ienvirs at xxxi iors / li circoncicio notre saingnur'. 2. (ff. 18r-139r): Office of the Virgin. Incipit (f. 18r): 'Domine labia mea aperies'. 3. (ff. 140r-157r): Penitentia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Stowe MS 559

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 559
Title:
Collections relating to Crown regalia and jewels
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–84v: A volume of collections relating to the Crown regalia and jewels, annotated throughout by the antiquarian Thomas Astle (1735–1803). ff. 1r–54v: Extracts from the Patent Rolls, Wardrobe Accompts, and other public records, from the reigns of John to Henry VI, including (ff. 11r–23v) a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. 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

4. 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