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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Language Latin Name George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760

1. Royal MS 1 B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 B VII
Title:
Gospel-book ('The Royal Athelstan Gospels')
Scope & Content:
The four Gospels, in Jerome's translation. Detailed contents: (1) Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, incipit: 'Nouum opus facere', f. 1r; (2) Prologue to Jerome's commentary on Matthew's Gospel, incipit: 'Plures fuisse', f. 2v; (3) Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Eusebius Carpiano...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
700-749
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Royal MS 1 C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 C VII
Title:
The Rochester Bible
Scope & Content:
Part of a Bible containing the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and Kings, according to the Vulgate of Jerome. The New Testament section of this manuscript is now Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, MS W. 18; the remainder of the Old Testament section has not survived. Contents: ff. i-vi: added lea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Royal MS 1 D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D IX
Title:
Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the four Gospels, preceded by: Epistle of Jerome to Pope Damasus I, incipit: 'Novum opus facere' (ff. 1r-2v); an extract from Jerome's commentary on Matthew, incipit: 'Plures fuisse' (ff. 2v-3v); Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Ammonius quidem' (ff. 3v-4v); pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 11th century-c 1020
Extent:

150 + 11 folios.

4. Royal MS 1 D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D X
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Psalter with a calendar (ff. 9r-14r); canticles (ff. 125r-137r): Isaiah 12, 2; Isaiah 38, 10-20; 1 Kings 2, 1-10; Exodus 15, 1-19; Habakkuk 3; Deuteronomy 32, 1- 43; Te Deum; Benedicite; Benedictus; Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis; Gloria in excelsis; Quicumque vult; Magnificat (repeated); Nunc Dimitt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-c 1220
Extent:

139 folios.

5. Royal MS 1 E IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 E IX
Title:
Bible (the 'Big Bible' or the 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names
Scope & Content:
Bible, in Latin, of St Jerome's version with the Gospel of Nicodemus. Produced in England (probably London) during the first quarter of the fifteenth century. The manuscript is also known as the Bible of Richard II, but Richard's ownership questioned by Krochalis 1988 and Scott 1996 on chronolog...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex.

6. Royal MS 1 E VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 E VI
Title:
Gospels (the 'Royal Bible')
Scope & Content:
Gospels, Jerome's version, imperfect, with several missing leaves. The numeration of quires running from lxxx to lxxxviii suggests that the manuscript was a part of an integral Bible. Contents: 1v: A purple-stained incipit page with an inscription in gold and silver letters relating to a minia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 77 folios.

7. Royal MS 2 A XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 A XVI
Title:
Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes a Psalter with three Canticles, known as the Psalter of Henry VIII. The text is preceded by the dedicatory letter by Jean Mallard (ff. 1v-2v), who wrote and probably illuminated the manuscript, incipit: 'Regium istud Davidis'. Mallard's other works include Royal MS 7 D XI...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1540-1541
Extent:

176 folios.

8. Royal MS 2 A XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 A XVIII
Title:
Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours')
Scope & Content:
The Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours is a composite volume composed of two parts produced in different periods, as well as added texts on the flyleaves. It evolved into its present form during the 15th century. Part 1, the earliest portion of the manuscript, is a series of 24 leaves containing suffrag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1401-c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

9. Royal MS 2 B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII
Title:
Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')
Scope & Content:
Psalter, in Latin, with preceding Old Testament cycle and calendar, followed by Canticles, Litanies, and prayers. Contents: ff. 1r-66v: Cycle of 223 tinted drawings illustrating Old Testament scenes, from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:

1 volume

10. Royal MS 6 E IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 6 E IX
Title:
Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia : Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou
Scope & Content:
Carmina regia: Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou. Address in Latin verse intimately connected with the accompanying miniatures, to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany, which had placed itself under his protection, c. 1335-1340. The text may perhaps be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1335
Extent:

Parchment codex