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21. Add MS 21247

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Title:
Alain Chartier, Le Livre des Quatre Dames
Scope & Content:
Contents: Le Livre des Quatre Dames, a poem of 3531 lines that was composed by Alain Chartier ( b. 1385, d. c.1433), political writer and ambassador for Charles VII of France, shortly after the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The poet meets four ladies who tell of the fates of their four lovers w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

22. Add MS 21368

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Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Richard II
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical chronicle from the reign of Egbert to Richard II with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French up to Henry III. Face: Membrane 1 is damaged, so that the Heptarchy diagram and the beginning of the commentary is lacking; begins ' [...]ment cum en Engleterre. E pur ceo ke En...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1397 - 1399
Extent:

1 roll

23. Add MS 24195

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Title:
Letters and poems written by King James I and VI
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–84v: A volume of King James I and VI's poems and sonnets, corrected by his own hand, entitled (f. 2r) 'All the kings short poesis that ar not printed'. Tables of contents, with corrections and additions, are entered at both the beginning and end of the volume. The general title, tables of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

24. Add MS 24663

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Title:
Collection of prophecies in prose and verse, attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer, Jean de Roquetaillade, Merlin, Thomas Becket and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-48r: Collection of prophecies in prose and verse attributed variously to Geoffrey Chaucer, Jean de Roquetaillade, Merlin, Thomas Becket and others, written in Middle English, Latin and French. f. 48v is blank.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

25. Add MS 25114

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Title:
Original state papers, 1527–1545
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–351v: A volume of original letters and state papers, relating chiefly to the embassies of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, to the courts of Francis I and Charles V, 1527–1545. ff. 1r–18r: Copy of a treaty in Latin between Francis I and Henry VIII for the marriage of the Princess M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1527-1545
Extent:
1 volume

26. Add MS 26769

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Title:
Genealogical chronicle of the kings of France to Charles VII
Scope & Content:
A genealogical chronicle of the kings of France known as ‘A tous nobles’. The chronicle consists of: Membranes 1-7: A central diagram with roundels in brown containing the names of kings joined by a line of descent in red. Roundels concerning the deeds of rulers (founding of religious orders or...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 roll

27. Add MS 27539

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Title:
Universal chronicle, including a genealogical chronicle of the kings of France
Scope & Content:
Contents: A universal chronicle, including genealogical chronicle of the kings of France up to King Louis XI. Each column of text is accompanied by a genealogical diagram. Begins imperfectly, as the upper part of the first membrane is lacking, incipit ‘... de tous biens … ne doleur ne fain.’ ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 roll

28. Add MS 32091

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Title:
State papers and documents, 1087-1575
Scope & Content:
Volume I of state papers and documents owned by the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire. Covering the period 1087-1575. ff. 1r-2v Transcript of the foundation charter of Battle Abbey, Sussex [1086-1087]. Latin. Another copy is in Harley Ch. 83 A. 12. ff. 3r-12v Leaves from a manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-1575
Extent:
1 volume

29. Add MS 32092

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Title:
State papers and documents, 1576-1624
Scope & Content:
Volume II of state papers and documents owned by the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire. Covering the period 1576-1624. ff. 1r-2v Letter from Johannes Sturmius, Rector of the Academy at Strassburg, to Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury. On Grindal’s appointment to that see. Arg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1576-1624
Extent:
1 volume

30. Add MS 33531

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Title:
State papers and correspondence relating to England and Scotland
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–222v: A volume of papers relating to border affairs between England and Scotland (1528–1594), Scottish state papers and correspondence (1449–1594), and the reign of James VI (1567–1594). Among the papers relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, are transcripts of the proceedings of the Commissi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1449-c 1594
Extent:
1 volume

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