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1. Add MS 24059

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Add MS 24059
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1. CHRONICLE of English affairs, extending from the battle of Poitiers in 1356 to 7 Dec. 1384; apparently entered from time to time. Lat. Imperfect at the beginning, ff.1-14, l5b. 2. Note on weights. Lat. f.15. 3. List of the Priors of Durham, from Aldwyn [1087] to Robert Walworth [ob. 1391]; continued to Hugh Whitehead [1519]. Lat. f. 15 b. 4. Short chronicle of events of English history from the invasion of Northumbria by Hingwar and Hubba, 870 [according to the MS. 1000] to 1362. La...
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city of Durham: Chronicles and lists relating to: 14th-15th centt. includes: ff. 1-14, 15 b, 16 England General Chronicles and History: Chronicle of affairs, 1356-1384,: 14th-15th centt.: Lat.: Imperf. f. 15 b city of Durham: List of the Priors: 16th cent.: Lat. f.15 Weights and Measures: Note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
after late 14th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 39943

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Add MS 39943
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(Yates Thompson 26). LIFE, and Miracles of St. Cuthbert, by Bede, etc., in Latin: the contents are :- (1) Letter of Bede to Bishop Eadfrith, beg. "Domino sancto ac beatissimo patri Eadfrido episcopo .... Quia iussistis dilectissimi," forming a prologue to his prose Life of St. Cuthbert (Migne, Patr. Lat. xciv. 733). f. 2 b;- (2) Letter of Bede to the priest John, beg. " Domino in domino dominorum dilectissimo .... Dici non potest dilectissime," i.e. the letter accompanying the metrical Lif...
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Henry Yates Thompson, manuscript collector: Bookplates. National Art-Collections Fund: Contributed towards purchase of: in 1920. Saint Cuthbert: Life and miracles of, etc., with miniatures: 12th cent.: Lat. Beda: Life of St. Cuthbert by: 12th cent.: Lat. Bookplates: Thompson (Henry Yates), d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 3668

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Egerton MS 3668
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HENRY OF HUNTINGDON, HISTORIA ANGLORUM in ten books, in Latin; written possibly in 1169. Prologue beg. 'Cum in omni fere litterarum studio' (f. l b); book I, 'Britannia igitur beatissima est insularum' (f. 3); book x ends 'et animi pericula non reformidantis fuerit' (f. 156b). The MS. is one of those of the fourth (1145) edition of the chronicle, and concludes where this apparently did originally (see T. Arnold, Henrici Archidiaconi Huntendunensis Historia Anglorum, Rolls Series, lxxiv, 1879...
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England General Chronicles and History: Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum to 1147: [1169?].: Lat. Manuscripts, Dated (to A.D.1500) Latin and Modern (Western European) Languages: MS: [A.D. 1169?]. Lincoln, Lincolnshire: Carmelite house in, owned: 15th cent. Henry, of Huntingdon: Historia ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1169
Extent:
1 item