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1. Add MS 6160

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ESTATE BOOK OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL PRIORY, CANTERBURY: apparently compiled by an obedientary concerned with estate and household management, possibly John de Gore; early 14th cent. (after 1316). Latin. Origin: England. See: Davis, Cartularies, no. 184; D. Oschinsky, ed., Walter of Henley (1971), pp. 15-16; R. A. L. Smith, Canterbury Cathedral Priory (1943), p. 206. In particular, for the ascription to Gore see A history of Canterbury Cathedral, ed. P. Collinson, N. Ramsay, and M. Spa...
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John de Gore, monk of Christ Church, Canterbury: Estate book of Christ Church Canterbury compiled by(?): 14th cent: Lat. Canterbury. Christ Church Cathedral: Estate book: 14th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 2v-8 Calendars: Calendar in estate book of Christ Church, Canterbury: early 14th cent: Lat. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 29587

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MISCELLANEOUS papers,chiefly political; 1559-1705. Included are:- 1. [Pietro Paolo] Vergerio [the younger, Italian reformer] to Queen Elizabeth; Heidelberg, 29 Oct. 1559. Ital. Copy. f. 1. 2. Answer of Queen Elizabeth in council to the Spanish ambassador, refusing to admit the Abbat of Marti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1559-1705
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 34728

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WEST PAPERS. Vol. II. (ff. 216). Miscellaneous letters, chiefly addressed to James West, as Secretary to the Treasury, or otherwise; 1742-1794. The names of the writers are given in the index. Among the contents are:- 1. K[atherine Sheffield, widow of John, 1st Duke of] Buckingham- [shire], to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1742-1794
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 37517

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Psalter ('The Bosworth Psalter') with gloss in Latin
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This manuscript, known as the 'Bosworth Psalter', contains the Roman version of Psalms, monastic canticles and hymns with some Latin glosses. The main body of the text was probably copied in the 3rd quarter of the 10th century. This Psalter was designed for use of a community following the Rule ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century-early 11th century
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A parchment codex

5. Add MS 38139

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HISTORICAL collections of Sir Peter Manwood, of Hackington co. Kent (son of Sir Roger Manwood, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1578-1592), Sheriff of Kent 1602, K.B. 1603, d. 1625: consisting mainly of transcripts and translations of state papers, 1564-1618 especially for the years 1603-1605. Most...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1564-1618
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 38525

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HISTORICAL COLLECTION to illustrate the times of Henry V, made by Robert Sanderson (d. 1741), Clerk of the Rolls, one of the editors of Rymer's Fædera. It consists of extracts and copies of documents relating chiefly to the French war, the Lollards, etc., taken from the public records in his charge and from Cotton MSS. (some of which have since been lost in the fire of 1731), etc., the references being generally given in the margins. A few earlier and later documents are added. For Sanderson...
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Robert Sanderson, Clerk of the Rolls, d.1741: Collection for temp. Hen. V made by. Henry V of England: R. Sanderson's historical collection for reign of: 18th cent. England, Ecclesiastical History: Collections of R. Sanderson, rel. to lollardry, etc., temp. Hen.V: 18th cent. includes: f. 1 W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 39796

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No. III (ff. 43). Various counties. includes: f. 1 Trumpington, Cambridgeshire: Rubbing of shield from brass of G. Pitchard at: 1650. f. 1 George Pitchard: Rubbing of shield from brass of, at Trumpington: 1650. ff. 2, 3 Chesterfield, Derbyshire: Rubbings of brasses at. f. 3 John Potts: Rubbing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 50483K

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Aldhelm of Sherborne, De virginitate (prose)
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This leaf once belonged to one of the earliest known copies of the prose version of De virginitate (On Virginity), a treatise on virginity addressed to the nuns of the double monastery at Barking, written by Aldhelm (b. c. 639, d. 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey and Bishop of Sherborne. This fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
1 leaf

9. Add MS 52798 A

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SIR EDWARD DERING. Vol. I A (ff. iv+56). Official letter book of Dering as Lieutenant of Dover Castle, supplementing Add. MSS. 47788, 47789; 1 Apr. 1629-28 Feb. 1630. Partly Latin. Drafts. Dering sale, Puttick and Simpson, 8 June 1858, lot 1627. See f. 1. Bought by Sir Thomas Phillipps and numbe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1400-1630
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 54229

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Glossed Psalter
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This manuscript contains a Psalter, with the marginal Gloss on the Psalms (Magna glosatura) by Peter Lombard (b. c. 1096, d. 1160). It was probably made in England in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century, making it a particularly early copy of Peter Lombard’s Gloss on the Psalms, possibly made wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
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A parchment codex