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1. Royal MS 12 C XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 12 C XII
Title:
A collection in prose and verse, including culinary recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript consists of eight originally independent units or booklets, each containing from one to four quires. See Hathaway, Fouke le Fitz Waryn (1975), p. xliv-xlvii on how this manuscript was compiled. The contents include: ff. 1r-v, Office in honour of Thomas, Earl of Lancas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1320-1340
Extent:

1 volume

2. 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

3. Royal MS 19 B XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
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

4. Royal MS 20 A XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 A XVI
Title:
Chansons, in French, set to music for several, but in most cases three voices, in parts.
Scope & Content:
Except where the contrary is stated, the chansons are for three voices and are anonymous. The contra-tenor is sometimes called 'Concordans.' The names of the composers are given only in a few cases, but several are by Josquin des Pres, and one at least (f. 10b) is by Alexander Agricola. Content...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (36 folios)