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11. Add MS 5474

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Title:
Le Roman de Tristan en prose
Scope & Content:
Contents: The longer version (Version II) of the prose Roman de Tristan, Part II, with interpolations from the Lancelot en prose (ff. 141-151). The death of Tristan is followed by nine episodes, each beginning with a formula such as 'Or dist li contes..' (Chapters IX to XVII in Ménard, Tristan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 305 folios.

12. Add MS 8101

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Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Edward I
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical chronicle of England from Brutus to the death of William the Conqueror, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French, and additional material. Face of roll: Membrane 1: A diagram in red and brown of the Heptarchy followed by commentaries with the following rubrics, 'Desc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Parchment roll

13. Add MS 10294/1

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Title:
Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle)
Scope & Content:
The first folio from each of Add MS 10293 and Add MS 10294, now bound together in a separate volume, Add MS 10294/1, numbered Additional 10293, f. 1 and Additional 10294, f. 1. A note on the first paper flyleaf states: 'Separated from the volume for better preservation, 6 December, 1860'. Cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
1316
Extent:

2 folios, one from Add MS 10293 and one from Add MS 10294

14. Add MS 11713

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Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of English Kings to Edward I
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical chronicle of English kings to Edward I, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French. Membrane 1: A diagram of the Heptarchy (consisting of five kingdoms instead of seven) with a commentary, incipit 'Par ceste figure desus'; Membranes 2-9: A genealogical diagram of the ki...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1301-1306
Extent:

1 roll

15. Add MS 13961

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Title:
Noel de Fribois, Abregé des croniques de France
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-71v: An abbreviated chronicle of France. from the destruction of Troy to the death of Louis de Mâle, Count of Flanders, in 1383, composed in 1459 by Noel de Fribois, councillor to King Charles VII of France. There are five successive versions of the text. This manuscript is on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

16. Add MS 14028

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Title:
Diplomatic papers and collections of Robert Beale
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of Robert Beale's papers and other collected documents. At some point, possibly in 1784, it became split from the main collection of Beale papers in the Yelverton Manuscripts. It was acquired by the antiquary George Chalmers and after his death was bought by the British Muse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1526-1594
Extent:
1 volume

17. Add MS 15229

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Title:
Le Roman de Renart
Scope & Content:
Contents: Fourteen episodes of the French verse romance, Le Roman de Renart (Reynard the Fox), attributed to Pierre de Saint Cloud, Richard of Lison and others. The Roman is based on a large collection of tales from Oriental sources, mostly collected and translated in Picardy or the Paris area ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Middle
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

18. Add MS 15248

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Title:
Bible moralisée
Scope & Content:
Contents: Bible moralisée, a picture Bible containing excerpts from the Old and New Testaments, with a moralising commentary, ff. 1r-3v: Preface, incipit, 'Comment la sainte scripture se puet exposer en quatre manieres'; ff. 3v-15v: Preface, incipit 'Cy commence la declaration de plusieurs ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1455
Extent:

Parchment codex

19. Add MS 15268

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Title:
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César
Scope & Content:
Contents: The Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César is a universal chronicle covering the period from Creation to the rise of Julius Caesar. It was compiled early in the 13th century. This manuscript, with the alternative title Li Livre des Ansienes Estoires, contains the first redaction of the text...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 314 folios.

20. Add MS 15736

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Title:
Friendship album of George Andrew, Freiherr von Herberstein
Scope & Content:
Friendship album or ‘Stammbuch’ of George Andrew, Freiherr von Herberstein. Containing autographs and coloured arms, collected principally at Strasbourg and Steir, in the years 1612-1623. With an alphabetical index of writers (ff. 96v-104r). f. 1r Parhcment fragment with ownership inscription, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1612-1623
Extent:
1 volume

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