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21. Add MS 34652, ff 4-43

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Add MS 34652, ff 4-43
Title:
A collection of single folios from manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 4: Psalm 119: 88-106 with initials in blue, red or green, from a Psalter of the 12th century; f. 5: A miniature of the Crucifixion (f. 5r); a fragment of a Missal with prefaces for the feasts of the Holy Cross, the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin, late 12th century (f. 5v); f. 6...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1200-1500
Extent:
40 parchment folios, part of a codex

22. Add MS 35321

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Add MS 35321
Title:
Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes
Scope & Content:
Contents: Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes, translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait, beginning with the second prologue, 'Selon rayson et bonnes meurs', omitting the dedication to the Duc de Berry and verses to Boccaccio. f. 1r-2r: Prologue; ff. 2r-33v: Book 1, preceded...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

23. Add MS 38117

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Add MS 38117
Title:
Robert de Boron, Joseph d'Arimathie, Le Livre de Merlin, Suite de Merlin ('the Huth Manuscript')
Scope & Content:
Contents: Three prose texts associated with Robert de Boron's Arthurian romances: ff. 1r-18r: Joseph d'Arimathie, a prose version of Robert de Boron's poem, imperfect at the beginning and begins at l. 65 of the text (O'Gorman 1995, p. 49); ff. 18v-74r: Le Livre de Merlin, the story of Merlin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 226 folios

24. Add MS 65194

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Add MS 65194
Title:
Abridgement of the Book of Assizes, bound by the 'Scales Binder'
Scope & Content:
Contents: The abridgement of the Book of Assizes, an anonymous alphabetical abridgement of material from the year books of the Court of Assizes, compiled in the mid fifteenth century, and distinct from the fourteenth-century Liber Assisarum. This abridgement was first published in 1509 by Rich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1456-1465
Extent:

Paper codex

25. Add MS 89480

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Add MS 89480
Title:
Letter of Mary, Queen of Scots, to Jacques Bochetel de la Forest, French ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
An original letter from Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542, d. 1587; r. 1542-1567), to Jacques Bochetel de la Forest (d. 1595), French ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603), sent from Carlisle and dated 26 June 1568. The letter asks the ambassador to send George Douglas as an emissary to F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
26 Jun 1568
Extent:
1 leaf

26. Cotton MS Caligula B VII

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Cotton MS Caligula B VII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–513v: A volume of original documents and copies concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556, several of which relate to a potential marriage between Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots. f. 1r: Title page. ff. 2r–v, 3v: Original letter from Dr Magnus to Cardinal Wolsey, reporting that he ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

27. Cotton MS Caligula C I

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Cotton MS Caligula C I
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1567–1570
Scope & Content:
Much of this volume relates to the exile of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), and including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Catherine de Medici, Queen Dowager of France (d. 1589); Sir William Cecil (later 1st Baron Burghley, d. 1598); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1631
Extent:
1 volume.

28. Cotton MS Caligula C II

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Cotton MS Caligula C II
Title:
Records and papers (primarily originals) concerning England and Scotland, 1569–1572.
Scope & Content:
This volume is a rich source of materials for Anglo-Scottish relations and the issue of Mary, Queen of Scots in English and Scottish politics between 1570 and 1572 (there is one document, and possibly another, from 1569). It includes original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (r: 1542–1567;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1570-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume.

29. Cotton MS Caligula C III

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Cotton MS Caligula C III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland (originals and copies), 1568/9–1585, including a diary of John Lesley, bishop of Ross (d. 1596), 1571 (4r–40r); letters of Mary, queen of Scots (1542-67; d. 1587) (ff. 171, 244–248, 261–262, 423, 618, 620); and the pleading of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) (f. 189)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 597. 1. A tract in 12mo. entitled, "Commentaria diurna Jo. Leslie episcopi Rossensis:" being the bishop’‘s journal, in his own hand, from April 11 to Oct. 16, 1571. 1. 2. Various papers and memorandums on the affairs of Scotland, and the nobility ther...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1571-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

30. Cotton MS Galba B VI

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Cotton MS Galba B VI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1518–1521
Scope & Content:
Collection of records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, dating from between 1518 and 1521. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f. 2r-2v: Letter from King Charles of Castile to Thomas Wolsey. Recommending his ambassador, de Lachaulx, dispatched to King Henry VIII. Brussels, February 11 [1522...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1518-1521
Extent:
1 volume

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