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1. Egerton MS 266

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 266
Title:
Michael Attaliates, Πόνημα νομικὸν ἤτοι σύνοψις πραγματική (TLG 3079.002)
Scope & Content:
Michael Attaliates, Πόνημα νομικὸν ἤτοι σύνοψις πραγματική (TLG 3079.002). The text from f 45r onwards differs from that in the TLG. The copyist writes on f 56r that the prototype was imperfect: 'τοῦτο περισσὸν ἦν, ἔλιπε δὲ τὸ τέλος'. Marginal comments (mainly in Greek, and a few in Latin) have b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
56 folios

2. Egerton MS 274

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 274
Title:
Musical miscellany in French and Latin
Scope & Content:
A musical miscellany the main part of which was copied in France in the second half of the thirteenth century, with many 14th- and 15th-century additions near the end, the music written both in square notes and Gothic neumes. Alison Stones connects its historiated initials with artistic activity...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century - 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Egerton MS 616

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 616
Title:
Letters relating to England and Spain
Scope & Content:
Original letters illustrative of the history of England and Spain, with a modern transcription of some of the letters on ff. 80r–94r. ff. i–ii: Modern contents list. ff. 1r–v: Letter in Latin and on parchment from Richard II to the King of Aragon [Peter IV], 26 August [c. 1386], Westminster. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1386-1662
Extent:
1 volume

4. Egerton MS 617

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 617
Title:
Wycliffite Bible
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the books of the Bible from Proverbs to Maccabees in the earlier version of the English translation produced by followers of John Wycliffe (d. 1384). This and Egerton MS 618, containing Matthew to Revelation, probably once formed a single continuous volume. A further vol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390-1397
Extent:

A parchment codex

5. Egerton MS 618

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 618
Title:
Wycliffite Bible
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the books of the Bible from Matthew to Revelation in the earlier version of the English translation produced by followers of John Wycliffe (d. 1384). This and Egerton MS 617, containing Proverbs to Maccabees, probably once formed a single continuous volume. A further vol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1390-1397
Extent:

A parchment codex

6. Egerton MS 622

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 622
Title:
Poems by Gregory of Nazianzus with interlinear glosses in the form of a mathematarion, and a dictionary copied and compiled by Basileios Μοσκοβόρρωτος
Scope & Content:
Poems by Gregory of Nazianzus with interlinear glosses in the form of a mathematarion, and a dictionary copied and compiled by Basileios Μοσκοβόρρωτος.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-1727
Extent:
98 folios

7. Egerton MS 622, ff 1r-12v

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 622, ff 1r-12v
Title:
Scope & Content:
J. H. Callenberg (ed.), Gregorii Thaumaturgi, Panegyricus, Origeni dictus, Enucleate, Halle 1727 (printed book).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1727
Extent:
12 folios

8. Egerton MS 768

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 768
Title:
Gospels of Luke and John
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-59r: Gospel of Luke; ff. 60r-61v: Prologue and table of chapters to John's Gospel; ff. 63r-104r: Gospel of John; ff. 104v-111v: Lections for the year. Decoration: 4 full-page frames in gold, silver and colours, framing words or initials at the beginning of the Gospels (ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
875-900
Extent:

A parchment codex, 112 folios.

9. Egerton MS 809

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 809
Title:
Gospel Lectionary
Scope & Content:
Contents: Gospel lectionary, with readings from the Bible for use at Mass throughout the year, including the Temporale or movable feasts and the Sanctorale or feast days of the major saints. Decoration: 4 full-page framed miniatures in colours and gold of the Nativity, the Holy Women at the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1100-1125
Extent:

A parchment codex, 50 folios

10. Egerton MS 848

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 848
Title:
Collection of astronomical and astrological material, including a calendar, tables of lunar and solar eclipses, and treatises on the zodiac and planetary signs
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 3r: A set of notes on the altitudes of the sun and moon, written in Middle English. ff. 3v-15r: An astronomical calendar. f. 15v: A set of tables for solar eclipses, between the years 1491 and 1506, and lunar eclipses, between the years 1490 and 1505. f. 16r-v: A lunar calend...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1490
Extent:
1 volume