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1. Egerton MS 2867

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Egerton MS 2867
Title:
BIBLE, in Latin: Vulgate version. The order of books (shown below) and the prefaces (references to Berger's Mém. prés. à l'Acad. des Inscr., 1 sér., tom. xi, partie ii.) are of a usual type, though the preface appended to Job is less common. There are no summaries, nor indication of divisions other than Langton's. The calendar (f. 423) is evidently of St. Martin's Priory, Dover (dedication, 19 Oct), a cell of Christ Church, Canterbury, and contains the usual Christ Church saints (cf. Arund. ...
Scope & Content:
Dover: St.Martin'sPriory. Calendar of, in Bible: 13th cent. Bindings ENGLISH: Black leather, tooled: 17th cent. Bible LATIN: Bible: early 13th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Bible: 13th cent. includes: ff. 423, 534 Liturgies: Calendar (Dover) and table of epistles and gosp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Egerton MS 2985

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Egerton MS 2985
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Scope & Content:
HEATH AND VERNEY PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 353). Miscellaneous papers relating to co. Kent and mainly to the Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone ; early 16th cent.-1687. The volume consists largely of papers of Sir John Heath concerning local administration within the county, for which he was at various times ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century-1687
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 3314

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Egerton MS 3314
Title:
Computational and astronomical notes; prognostics
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century scientific manuscript originally formed a single volume with Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff. 120-53 (see Willetts, 'A Reconstructed Astronomical Manuscript from Christ Church Library, Canterbury' (1965), 22-30). It contains a large collection of computistical, astronomical, and pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
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A parchment codex