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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Lansdowne MS 1-1245 Language Latin Level [40] File

1. Lansdowne MS 204

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 204
Title:
John Hardyng, Chronicle (first version)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the first version of the Chronicle of John Hardyng (b. 1378, d. 1465), a former soldier and spy for King Henry V (r. 1413-1422). It was produced in Lincolnshire or the East Midlands in the middle of the 15th century and was probably commissione...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1440-1450
Extent:

1 volume

2. Lansdowne MS 331

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 331
Title:
Physician's almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: Almanac, comprising a calendar (ff. 3r-18v), tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence (f. 19r) and a list of the signs of the zodiac (f. 20v). Decoration: Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables in bro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1463
Extent:

A parchment codex, formerly a folded parchment

3. Lansdowne MS 348

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 348
Title:
Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains: f. 1r: Notes extracted from Albertus Magnus. Beginning: 'vernena est herba'. Ending: 'et tota domus apperebit plena vestriis'. f. 2r-127v: Prick of Conscience (Main Version IMEV 3428). Beginning: 'Þe myght' of þe fader all' mighti'. Ending: 'Þat for oure loue on Rode c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

4. Lansdowne MS 355

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 355
Title:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
1652-1701
Extent:

1 volume

5. Lansdowne MS 381

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 381
Title:
Psalter fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion') and Breviary fragment
Scope & Content:
Two volumes, now kept separately (please consult each individual record for full catalogue information): Lansdowne MS 381/1: ff. 1-11, Psalter ('Psalter of Henry the Lion'); Lansdowne MS 381/2: ff. 12-67, Breviary fragment, with prayers and meditations in English.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
10th century-15th century
Extent:
A parchment codex in two volumes, kept separately

6. Lansdowne MS 383

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 383
Title:
Psalter ('The Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: former pastedown from a 13th century text. ff. 2r-179v: Psalter, preceded by a calendar, Easter table, and cycle of full-page miniatures, and followed by Canticles, a Litany, Collects, and various longer prayers. Decoration: 8 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Lansdowne MS 420

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 420
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illuminated Psalter that was most likely produced in the diocese of London in the 1220s. The manuscript’s style of decoration appears to be influenced by contemporary French Psalters (Morgan, Early Gothic Manuscripts (1982), pp. 86-87). Of special interest are the man...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1220s
Extent:

1 volume

8. Lansdowne MS 431

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 431
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: A psalter with a calendar; ends imperfectly and is lacking Psalm 101 (there is a stub between ff. 75 and 76). Decoration: 12 large 'KL' initials in the calendar in gold with penwork decoration in green, blue, and red, with the occupations of the months and zodiac symbols in colou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

9. Lansdowne MS 436

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 436
Title:
Chronicle and British saints’ lives
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

10. Lansdowne MS 441

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 441
Title:
Indenture between Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an original indenture between Margaret Beaufort (b. 1443, d. 1509), Countess of Richmond and mother of King Henry VII (r. 1485-1509), and John Islip (b. 1464, d. 1532), Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry, made on 2 March 150...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2 Mar 1506
Extent:

1 volume

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