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71. Stowe MS 3

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Stowe MS 3
Title:
The Four Gospels; a Lectionary
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Four Gospels with prologues and tables of contents, followed by a lectionary in which readings from the Gospels are divided over the liturgical year. The manuscript has, on stylistic grounds, been identified as a product of the Benedictine abbey of St Remaclus in Sta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:

1 volume

72. Stowe MS 4

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Stowe MS 4
Title:
Petrus Comestor, Historia Scholastica; Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronica de tribus maximis circumstantiis gestorum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Historia Scholastica (Scholastic History) by the theologian Petrus Comestor (d. 1187). The Historia offers a retelling of the Old and New Testaments and was a popular work in the later Middle Ages. It also includes excerpts from the Chronica de tribus maximis circums...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

73. Stowe MS 9

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Stowe MS 9
Title:
Scope & Content:
CONCORDANCE, or Harmony of the Gospels, in Latin, the four narratives being combined into one by selection of passages from each. Begins with John i. 1, "In principio erat Verbum," and ends with the last words of the same Gospel, " qui scribendi sunt libros,"followed by the colophon,"Explicit sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

74. Stowe MS 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 12
Title:
Breviary ('Stowe Breviary')
Scope & Content:
Breviary of Sarum use adapted to Norwich. The contents are: f. 1r-154v, Temporale. Imperfect at the beginning, apparently a whole quire being lost. The first page begins near the end of the rubrics for the first week in Advent, followed by 'Feria ii'. f. 155r-156v, Brief notes of English his...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1322-1325 and c 1350-1380
Extent:
1 volume

75. Stowe MS 17

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Stowe MS 17
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours'). 1. (ff. 2v-13r): Calendar, in French. Incipit (f. 2v): 'KL Ienvirs at xxxi iors / li circoncicio notre saingnur'. 2. (ff. 18r-139r): Office of the Virgin. Incipit (f. 18r): 'Domine labia mea aperies'. 3. (ff. 140r-157r): Penitentia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

76. Stowe MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 30
Title:
Prayer book presented to Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Illustrated prayer book, in various languages, dated 1578 and presented to Queen Elizabeth I for New Year. Written in inks of various colours, with illuminated titles and initials. Possibly presented by William Absolon (Lawson, ‘This Remembrance of the New Year’, p. 143). Previously also associ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1578
Extent:
1 volume

77. Stowe MS 31

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Stowe MS 31
Title:
Scope & Content:
EPISTLES of St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and St. Anselm, viz.: — 1. "Epistola Anselmi arehiepiscopi ad papam"; Anselm's letter to Pope Paschal II., asking for a clearer declaration of his opinion on Investitures (Migne, Patrologia, vol. clix. col. 110, Ep. iii. 73). Begins (after the salutation), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 item

78. Stowe MS 31-53

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 31-53
Title:
CLASS III. THEOLOGY, WITH LIVES OF SAINTS.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-18th century
Extent:
23 items

79. Stowe MS 36

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Stowe MS 36
Title:
Scope & Content:
EIGHT SERMONS "de Morte," and eleven "de Passione" Christi, in Latin. A short introduction is prefixed to the first series, beg. "Cum propriam imperitiam," and each sermon begins with the words "Omnes morimur." The second series begins, "Rorantes sanguine lacrimas" (f. 29b). The end of the volum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

80. Stowe MS 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 39
Title:
The Abbey of the Holy Ghost; The Desert of Religion
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-9v: The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, written in Middle English prose, beginning, 'My dere syster, I se þat many wuld be in religyon, bot þai may noght...' ff. 10r-31v: The Desert of Religion, written in Middle English verse, beginning, 'David þat prophet was ay. In þe sauter boke ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

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