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Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2569
Title:: LECTIONARY from the Lives of the Saints, from the " Cathedra S. Petri " [22 Feb.] to " Vigilia B. Laurentii " [10 Aug.]; with some additions. Latin. Vellum; ff. 309. Written, in September, 1269, by an English scribe, Johannes de Salesburi, who has added some verses in French (f. 58) stating that the work was done at " Mons en Hainnau " for " la doiene Hermine " [Ermine, doyenne of the Benedictine monastery of St. Vaudru, Mons]. Given [circ. 1750] by Henri Denis Mutte, Dean of Cambrai, to the...
Scope & Content:: Johannes de Salesburi: Wrote: in 1269. Lives of Saints: Lectionary from: 1269.: Lat. Mons, Belgium: Lectionary written for Ermine, doyenne of the Monastery of St. Vaudru at: 1269. Manuscripts, Dated (to A.D. 1500) Latin and Modern Languages: : A.D. 1269. Liturgies LATIN: Lectionary from Live...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: Sep 1269
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2571
Title:: A collection of motets, gless, madrigals and a miserere, in score, by Samuel Wesley
Scope & Content:: ff. 1, 5. Madrigals for 5 voices, in score, by Samuel Wesley. 1. 'I follow to the footing.' f. 1.2. 'Arise, awake.' First 10 bars only. f. 5. ff. 8b-33 passim. Antiphons, etc., in score; by Samuel Wesley. Transcribed by J. P. Street. 1. ‘Dixit Dominus‘ (à 3). f. 8b. 2. ‘Salve, Regina‘ (à 3). f...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 volume (38 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2572
Title:: GUILD-BOOK Of the Barber-Surgeons of the city of York, consisting of a volume commenced in the 15th century, but, for the greater part, left blank, then used in the following century for various entries, and added to at later times. The earliest portion (ff. 44-70), in different hands of the 15th century, contains:- 1. Calendar of York use, in Latin. In September, SS. Cosmas and Damianus are noted as " the tone a Physician, and the toder a Surgion." ff. 44-49. 2. A drawing of a man's fig...
Scope & Content:: City of York: Guild-book of the Barber-surgeons: 15th-18th centt. Guilds: Guild-book of the Barber-Surgeons of York: 15th-18th centt. includes: ff. 7-16, 18, 20, 22, 24 England General Chronicles and History: Portraits of sovereigns, from Hen. VIII. to George III.: 16th- 18th centt. ff. 7-16,...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1747
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2615
Title:: Office for the Feast of the Circumsion; Hymns; Miracle play on the history of Daniel
Scope & Content:: Contents: A collection of texts set to music, with notation on 4-line staves for three voices. The manuscript is composite, in three parts: (ff. 1–78; 79–94v; 95–110). ff. 1r–68v: Office for the feast of the Circumcision (including, ff. 43r–44v, ‘Orientis partibus adventavit asinus’). A seri...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: c 1227-c 1234
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2618-2621
Title:: Items that were in the possession of the family of Leyborne-Popham, of Littlecote, co. Wilts, descended from Sir John Popham, Chief Justice of England, 1591-1607.
Scope & Content:: Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice: State-papers belonging to his descendants: 16th- 18th centt. Leyborne-Popham family; of Littlecote: State papers belonging to: 16th-18th centt.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: [1556-1753]
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2622
Title:: Collection of treatises on arithmetic, geometry, horticulture and astronomy, including Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe'
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of treatises on arithmetic, geometry, horticulture, and astronomy, including the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', an instructional manual written by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). Contents: ff. 2r-12v: De ratione temporum, a set of mnemonic verses ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2627
Title:: Claudianus Claudius, Carmina Majora, Carmina Minora, De Raptu Proserpine
Scope & Content:: This is a 12th-century collection of works by the Alexandrian poet Claudianus Claudius (d. after 404), including De Raptu Proserpinae (The Rape of Proserpine), De Bello Gildonico (On the Gildonic War), and his poems on the marriage of the Emperor Honorius, for whom he was a court poet, and the c...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Late 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2629
Title:: COMMENTARY On the Divina Commedia of Dante, by Giovanni Bertoldi, of Serravalle, Bishop of Fermo, in Latin, the text of the poem being also translated into that language. The title, f. 1 b, is "Exposicio libri comediti Dantis Aldighuerii de Aldighueriis theologi poete Florentini, edita a fratre Johanne, de Seravalle, Dei et apostolieVe sedis gratia episcopo Firmano de ordine Minorum assumpto, que compilata fuit infra quinque menses anno Domini M° cccc° xvj° in civitate Constancie, sede apost...
Scope & Content:: Amadeus de Saluciis, Cardinal: was written at the instance of,: in 1416-1417. Robert Hallam, Bishop of Salisbury: was written at the instance of,: in 1416-1417. Dante Alighieri: Commentary on the Divine Commedia, by G. Bertaldi: 1416-1417.: Lat. Nicholas Bubbewith, Bishop of Bath and Wells: w...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1416-1417
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 2630
Title:: 1. "ALBERTINI Musati Patavi tragedia Ecerinis": The Tragedy of Ezzelino, tyrant of Padua, by Albertino Mussato, in Latin verse, f. 1. 2. "Liber Homeri": the epitome of the Iliad in Latin heroic verse, commonly attributed to Pindarus Thebanus. f. 13. Vellum; ff. 32. Written in Italy in the xvth cent. Formerly belonged to Dr. Askew, and purchased by Michael Wodhull in 1787. Octavo.
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Poetry: Tragedy of Ezzelino, by A. Mussato: 15th cent.: Lat.f. 1 Albertino Mussato: Tragedy of Ezzelino, tyrant of Padua: 15th cent.: Latin: verse.f. 1 Ezzelino III da Romano, tyrant of Padua: Tragedy of, by A. Mussato: 15th cent.: Latin verse.f. 13 Poetry: Epitome of the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

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