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1. Add MS 5467

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Add MS 5467
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COLLECTION OF TRACTS: includes items translated by John Shirley (d.1456); mid - late 15th cent. Origin: England. The reference to Henry VI on f. 72v suggests a date after 1461. English and some Latin. Imperfect at end (catchword f. 224v). For descriptions of this manuscript and discussion of Shirley and his work, see: M. A. Manzalaoui, ed., Secretum Secretorum, EETS, no. 276 (1977), i, Text, pp. xxxvii-xxxviii; O. Gaertner, John Shirley sein Leben und Wirken (1904); A. I. Doyle, 'More light ...
Scope & Content:
Marmaduke Towlard, fl. 1683: Memoranda, etc., by: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-15v Horticulture: Geoffrey de Vinsauf, fl. 1200: On the tilling of trees, attrib. to G. de Vinsauf: 15th cent. ff. 1-22 Watermarks: Tête de boeuf: late 15th cent. ff. 16-21 Horticulture: Nicholas Bollard, natural...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 59839

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Add MS 59839
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THEOLOGICAL MISCELLANY: works in Latin by St Bonaventure, St Isidore of Seville, St Anselm of Canterbury, Hugh of St Victor, Bartholomeus Florarius and St Augustine, etc., and two works in Anglo-Norman; late 13th or early 14th cent. Written in England by several scribes. According to an ownership note on f. 217 the MS. once belonged to a 'vicarius de Gauylton'. Purchased by Phillipps of Thorpe in 1836 (Thorpe's catalogue, item 1396). Phillipps MS 9328. Purchased at Sotheby's (Phillipps sale)...
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Theology LATIN: Theological miscellany: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 1-2v, 219-221v Law CANON: Legal fragments: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat.ff. 6-13v Saint Bonaventura,; Cardinal-bishop of Albano: Lignum vitae by St Bonaventura: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat.ff. 14-51v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item