Abbreviations used in the Cromwell Psalter (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Cromwell 5), compiled by Humfrey Wanley. Also included are a partial facsimile of the text and a cipher (f. 31).
Middle English verse, including ballads by Chaucer and Lydgate; 'The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwart' by Alexander Montgomerie; 'Nebuchadnezzar's Fierie Furnace'; the 'Annals of Oskell'; grammatical exercises in Latin and Greek; Old songs of Durham
Scope & Content:
Miscellany compiling pages from a number of other manuscripts, which vary greatly in size and period. Major sections within the miscellany are f. 1 (verse and prose on the Ten Commandments and Seven Deadly Sins), ff. 2-20 (various ballads and other verse, some by Chaucer and Lydgate), f. 21 (a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Vitae Pindari et varia de Pindaro (TLG 4170.001), 4.9-11.13, inc. Πίνδαρος τὸ μὲν γένος θηβαῖος, ff 1r-3r, followed by metrical notes (Scholia in Pindarum (scholia vetera), TLG 5034.001, O 1.metr.39-87, ff 3r-4r.