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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 35110

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Add MS 35110
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Vita Sancti Augustini; Possidius, Vita Sancti Augustini; Vita Sancti Eadfridi; Bede, Vita Sancti Cuthberti; Adomnán, Vita Sancti Columbe
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Contents: ff. 3r-9v: Vita Sancti Augustini (Life of St Augustine). ff. 9v-28r: Possidius (fl. 5th century), Vita Sancti Augustini (Life of St Augustine). ff. 28r-29v: A list of St Augustine's works. ff. 30r-30v: Historia translationis corporis Sancti Augustini (History of the translation of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
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A parchment codex

3. Add MS 38818, ff 1-135

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Add MS 38818, ff 1-135
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Palladius, De Agricultura; Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura; Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari;Justinian, Institutiones (extracts)
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This part was copied by a hand described as 'Continental-looking' (unpublished notes by Michael Gullick). The copy of De Architectura (On Architecture) derives from an English version of the text (see Texts and Transmission (1983), p. 443). Contents: ff. 1r-48v: Palladius (fl. 4th century), D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Add MS 38818

4. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 40419

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Add MS 40419
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Vol. CCXXXIX (ff. 367). 1-15 Apr. 1835. includes: ff. 1, 3 Edward FitzGerald: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1835. ff. 4, 5 Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1825-1848. f. 7 D- McLaren, of Edinburgh: Letter to Sir R. Peel: 1835. f. 9 William Henry Os...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 item