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1. Lansdowne MS 1-1245

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 1-1245
Title:
Lansdowne Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (d 1805). Includes papers of William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1200 -c 1700
Extent:
1245 manuscripts

2. Lansdowne MS 204

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 204
Title:
John Hardyng, Chronicle (first version)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the first version of the Chronicle of John Hardyng (b. 1378, d. 1465), a former soldier and spy for King Henry V (r. 1413-1422). It was produced in Lincolnshire or the East Midlands in the middle of the 15th century and was probably commissione...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1440-1450
Extent:

1 volume

3. Lansdowne MS 331

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 331
Title:
Physician's almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: Almanac, comprising a calendar (ff. 3r-18v), tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence (f. 19r) and a list of the signs of the zodiac (f. 20v). Decoration: Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables in bro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1463
Extent:

A parchment codex, formerly a folded parchment

4. Lansdowne MS 348

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 348
Title:
Prick of Conscience
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains: f. 1r: Notes extracted from Albertus Magnus. Beginning: 'vernena est herba'. Ending: 'et tota domus apperebit plena vestriis'. f. 2r-127v: Prick of Conscience (Main Version IMEV 3428). Beginning: 'Þe myght' of þe fader all' mighti'. Ending: 'Þat for oure loue on Rode c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

5. Lansdowne MS 355

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 355
Title:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
1652-1701
Extent:

1 volume

6. Lansdowne MS 355, ff 13r-16v

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 355, ff 13r-16v
Title:
Scope & Content:
Neophytus, Metropolites of Philippopolis, Speech accepting the degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology at Cambridge, [13 Sept. 1701]. Copy by John Covel, with parallel Latin translation. See ff 1r-3r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
1701
Extent:

4 folios

7. Lansdowne MS 381

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 381
Title:
Psalter fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion') and Breviary fragment
Scope & Content:
Two volumes, now kept separately (please consult each individual record for full catalogue information): Lansdowne MS 381/1: ff. 1-11, Psalter ('Psalter of Henry the Lion'); Lansdowne MS 381/2: ff. 12-67, Breviary fragment, with prayers and meditations in English.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
10th century-15th century
Extent:
A parchment codex in two volumes, kept separately

8. Lansdowne MS 381/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 381/1
Title:
Psalter fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises eleven leaves from a Psalter created for Henry the Lion (b. 1129, d. 1195) and his wife Matilda (married to Henry 1168, d. 1189), who are illustrated on f. 10v, along with a calendar containing northern French and Flemish saints. Lansdowne 381/2 is a separate volume con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1168-1189
Extent:

1 volume

9. Lansdowne MS 381/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 381/2
Title:
Breviary, Use of Sarum (fragment)
Scope & Content:
This fifteenth-century Breviary for the Use of Sarum is incomplete, comprising 67 folios, along with prayers in English and French. Lansdowne 381/1 is a separate volume consisting of eleven leaves from a Psalter created for Henry the Lion in the late twelfth century ('The Psalter of Henry the Lio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex.

10. Lansdowne MS 383

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 383
Title:
Psalter ('The Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: former pastedown from a 13th century text. ff. 2r-179v: Psalter, preceded by a calendar, Easter table, and cycle of full-page miniatures, and followed by Canticles, a Litany, Collects, and various longer prayers. Decoration: 8 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

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