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41. Add MS 36684

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Title:
Book of Hours, use of St Omer
Scope & Content:
This Book of Hours was produced in either Saint-Omer or Thérouanne between approximately 1318-1325, and is distinctive for its unusual marginal decoration. The date of 1318 is given in a colophon on f. 78r, and the manuscript was likely produced for a woman of Saint-Omer named Marguerite (Stones...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1318-1325
Extent:

A parchment codex.

42. Add MS 37056

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Title:
Robert Alexander Schumann's Sonata in F minor: "Concert pour piano seul", dedicated to Ignaz Moscheles.
Scope & Content:
Sonata in F minor (the original MS.), described by the composer, on a slip pasted in at the beginning of the MS., as 'Concert pour Piano seul composé et dedié a Mr. Ignace Moscheles par Robert Schumann. Œuv. 14.' For this he afterwards substituted (f. 19), at the request of Haslinger the publish...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
5 Jun 1836
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

43. Add MS 37639

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Title:
Messe Solennelle (Ste. Cécile), in full score, by Charles François Gounod.
Scope & Content:
ff. 41. Messe Solennelle (Ste. Cécile), in D, written by Charles Gounod, for 3 solo-voices and 4-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, [cornets-à-] pistons, trombones, kettle-drums, cymbals, big drum, 6 harps, strings, and organ, in ful...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1852
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

44. Add MS 38126

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Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome (The 'Huth Hours')
Scope & Content:
Contents: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, with prayers added in the 16th or 17th century. At the beginning are: 'Oraison a son bon angle' and 'Oraison de sainet Louys' in Latin, and prayers to Christ and the Virgin and 'Meditations sainet Augustin' in French (ff. i-ii, 1) ; and at the end are pray...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1485-1490
Extent:

A parchment codex, 252 folios.

45. Add MS 38662

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Title:
Gui de Warewic (Guy of Warwick)
Scope & Content:
Contents: The early 13th-century Anglo-Norman verse romance, Gui de Warewic, about the legendary soldier-saint, with a sequel about Rainbrun, son of Guy. Incipit 'Puis cel tens que Deu fu ned' (f. 1r) explicit, 'Que a lui en glorie puissums venir. amen.'(f. 80v). Decoration: Large puzzle initia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1225-1275
Extent:

A parchment codex, 80 folios

46. Add MS 38663

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Title:
La Chanson de Guillaume or Chançun de Williame
Scope & Content:
Contents: This is the only surviving manuscript of La Chanson de Guillaume, a chanson de geste, part of the cycle of Guillaume d'Orange (William of Orange) relating the battles against the Saracens. Incipit, 'Plaist vus oir de granz batailles . et de forz esturs . . . Oimas comence la chancun ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 25 folios

47. Add MS 38664

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Title:
Vie de St Margaret and Miracles of the Virgin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: La Vie de St Margaret is a unique version of the text, incipit, 'A la deu loenge e a la sue gloire', explicit, 'Ou lun deit deu e la virgine servir. Amen'; ff. 3r-16v: Miracles of the Virgin, here entitled 'Gracial' (f. 3r), are dedicated to Dame Mahaut (f. 3v) and the te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1225-1275
Extent:

A parchment codex, 16 folios

48. Add MS 38842

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Title:
Apocalypse with commentary in French prose (fragment)
Scope & Content:
Contents: Apocalypse fragment (from chapters 9-16). The text is close to that of the Queen Mary Apocalypse. Decoration: 18 framed miniatures in colours with gold. Large initials in gold, on rose and blue grounds with filigree decoration in white. Subjects of the miniatures: f. 1r: An ang...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

8 parchment folios

49. Add MS 42555

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Title:
Apocalypse ('The Abingdon Apocalypse')
Scope & Content:
Content: Apocalypse in Latin with extracts on alternate pages from a French translation of the Expositio super septem visiones libri Apocalypsis, a commentary by Berengaudus. Begins with a five-line French prologue in red and gold. Incipit (f. 5r): 'Ici comence lapokalipse'. Explicit (f. 5r): ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 85 folios

50. Add MS 48027

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Title:
Papers and correspondence relating chiefly to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1559-1594
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence relating to Mary, Queen of Scots: the conspiracies and plots involving her and her trial and execution and its aftermath, 1559-1594, n.d. Mostly contemporary copies. Further official copies of many of the items are in Cotton MS Caligula C IX. This volume was compiled b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1559-1626
Extent:
1 volume

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