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271. Egerton MS 2618

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2618
Title:
Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS historical and other letters and papers, including correspondence, etc. of Sir William Clarke [ob. 1666], secretary to Gen. George Monck, and his son, George Clarke, Judge Advocate, Secretary at War, etc. [ob. l737]; 1556-1753 1. Warrant from Queen Mary to Sir Robert Oxenbridge, Li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1753
Extent:
1 item

272. Egerton MS 2618-2621

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Egerton MS 2618-2621
Title:
Items that were in the possession of the family of Leyborne-Popham, of Littlecote, co. Wilts, descended from Sir John Popham, Chief Justice of England, 1591-1607.
Scope & Content:
Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice: State-papers belonging to his descendants: 16th- 18th centt. Leyborne-Popham family; of Littlecote: State papers belonging to: 16th-18th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1556-1753]
Extent:
4 items

273. Egerton MS 2622

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2622
Title:
Collection of treatises on arithmetic, geometry, horticulture and astronomy, including Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe'
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of treatises on arithmetic, geometry, horticulture, and astronomy, including the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', an instructional manual written by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). Contents: ff. 2r-12v: De ratione temporum, a set of mnemonic verses ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

274. Egerton MS 2627

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2627
Title:
Claudianus Claudius, Carmina Majora, Carmina Minora, De Raptu Proserpine
Scope & Content:
This is a 12th-century collection of works by the Alexandrian poet Claudianus Claudius (d. after 404), including De Raptu Proserpinae (The Rape of Proserpine), De Bello Gildonico (On the Gildonic War), and his poems on the marriage of the Emperor Honorius, for whom he was a court poet, and the c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

275. Egerton MS 2629

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2629
Title:
COMMENTARY On the Divina Commedia of Dante, by Giovanni Bertoldi, of Serravalle, Bishop of Fermo, in Latin, the text of the poem being also translated into that language. The title, f. 1 b, is "Exposicio libri comediti Dantis Aldighuerii de Aldighueriis theologi poete Florentini, edita a fratre Johanne, de Seravalle, Dei et apostolieVe sedis gratia episcopo Firmano de ordine Minorum assumpto, que compilata fuit infra quinque menses anno Domini M° cccc° xvj° in civitate Constancie, sede apost...
Scope & Content:
Amadeus de Saluciis, Cardinal: was written at the instance of,: in 1416-1417. Robert Hallam, Bishop of Salisbury: was written at the instance of,: in 1416-1417. Dante Alighieri: Commentary on the Divine Commedia, by G. Bertaldi: 1416-1417.: Lat. Nicholas Bubbewith, Bishop of Bath and Wells: w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1416-1417
Extent:
1 item

276. Egerton MS 2630

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2630
Title:
1. "ALBERTINI Musati Patavi tragedia Ecerinis": The Tragedy of Ezzelino, tyrant of Padua, by Albertino Mussato, in Latin verse, f. 1. 2. "Liber Homeri": the epitome of the Iliad in Latin heroic verse, commonly attributed to Pindarus Thebanus. f. 13. Vellum; ff. 32. Written in Italy in the xvth cent. Formerly belonged to Dr. Askew, and purchased by Michael Wodhull in 1787. Octavo.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Poetry: Tragedy of Ezzelino, by A. Mussato: 15th cent.: Lat.f. 1 Albertino Mussato: Tragedy of Ezzelino, tyrant of Padua: 15th cent.: Latin: verse.f. 1 Ezzelino III da Romano, tyrant of Padua: Tragedy of, by A. Mussato: 15th cent.: Latin verse.f. 13 Poetry: Epitome of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

277. Egerton MS 2642

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2642
Title:
Robert Commaundre's heraldic and historical commonplace book
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–418v: ‘The Booke of Heraldrye and other thinges togither with the Order of Coronacions’; a commonplace book chiefly of heraldic and historical collections by Robert Commaundre (d. 1613), Rector of Tarporley, Chester, and Chaplain to Sir Henry Sidney (see f. 254r). The book was compiled in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575-1625
Extent:
1 volume

278. Egerton MS 2656

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2656
Title:
LIVES of Saints, etc., in Latin, viz. 1. "Vita sci. Martini episcopi et confessoris," by Sulpicius Severus; preceded by the prefatory letter of Severus to, Desiderius, and followed by the three letters to Eusebius, Aurelius, and Bassula, and the three dialogues on St. Martin. (Surius, Vitæ SS., ed. 1618, 11 Nov., p. 246.) f . 1. 2. "Vita sci. Gregorii pape," by Joannes Diaconus. (Bolland, Acta SS., 12 Mar., p. 137.) f. 47 b. 3. "Vita sci. Iohannis Heleomonis"; the preface having the tit...
Scope & Content:
Saints: Lives of Saints: circ. 1200. Art. Illuminations and Drawings SPANISH: Vitae Sanctorum: interlaced initials: circ. 1200. includes: f. 1 Sulpicius Severus: Vita S. Martini: circ. 1200.f. 1 Saint Martin,; Bishop and Confessor: Life, by Sulpicius Severus: circ. 1200.: Lat.f. 47 b Jo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1200
Extent:
1 item

279. Egerton MS 2658

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2658
Title:
The Middle English Liber Aureus and Gospel of Nicodemus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of four surviving copies of the Middle English Liber Aureus and Gospel Nicodemus (the others are Manchester, John Rylands Library MS Eng. 895, Stonyhurst College MS xliii, and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 207). The text is a narrative of the Passion and Resurr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

280. Egerton MS 2679

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2679
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS and papers; 16th cent.-1864. A Exhortation from R[ichard], Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Cistercian order, to pay tithes of their lands to the clergy ; [1179]. Lat. (See Hist. Littéraire, vol. xiv., p. 618). Copy, 16th cent. f. 1 b. On the outer pages (ff. 1, 2 b) are recipes, in Latin, for making ink, and some questions of Canon Law, etc. B. Portion of an inventory of plate and jewels, apparently belonging to Henry VIII. f. 3. Included are spoons engraved with the a...
Scope & Content:
Thomas Stothard, d 1834 RA: Letter concerning drawings of: 1806. includes: f. 1 Ink: Recipes for making: 16th cent.; 17th cent.: Lat.f. 1 b Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury: Exhortation to the Cistercians on the payment of tithes, 1179.: 16th cent.: Copy.f. 1 b Orders Religious. Cisterc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century-1864
Extent:
1 item

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