Papers of John Foxe concerning persecutions of proto-Protestants and Protestants
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Contents: ff. 1r-217v: A large collection of papers of the martyrologist John Foxe concerning persecutions of proto-Protestants (Lollards) and Protestants.
Papers of John Foxe relating to Protestant and Catholic persecutions in England
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Contents: ff. 1r-172v: A collection of papers relating to Protestant and Catholic persecutions in 16th-century England, including the second and third debates of the Jesuit Edmund Campion (b. 1540, d. 1581) at the Tower of London in 1581 (ff. 136r-173v).
Collection of papers and letters from the circle of John Prophete
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ff. 1r-124r: Collection of letters and historical documents from the circle of John Prophete [Prophet] (b. 1356, d. 1416), Secretary to King Henry VI, Keeper of the Privy Seal and Dean of Hereford and York. The collection's materials are concerned largely with resolving the Schism, especially w...
A 'palaeographical' transcript of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 190 ('Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook')
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Contents: f. 2r: notes by John and William Retchford. ff. 3r-413v: A 'palaeographical' transcript of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 190 ('Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook').
A transcript of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 121
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Contents: f. 1r: Various notes by Edmund Gibson. f. 2r: The Nicene Creed in Old English written by Edmund Gibson. ff. 3r-96r: A 'palaeographical' transcript of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 121 (Ecclesiastical Institutes, Homilies associated with Archbishop Wulfstan).
Contents: ff. 1r-128v: The Book of St Gilbert, written after c. 1202. Gilbert of Sempringham (b. 1083, d. 1189) was canonized by Innocent III in 1202 and the 'Liber sancti Gilberti' (in this manuscript headed by the rubric '(...) vita sancti gilberti confessoris') was probably assembled as a 'c...
Collection of theological works, including the Speculum peccatoris; Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis, De sacramentis christianae fidei, and De virtute orandi; Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on Canticle of Canticles; John Chrystostom, Sermo de poenitentia; Peter of Blois, De duodecim utilitatibus tribulationis; Guigo II, Scala claustralium; Legend of Pachomius; Tripoli Prophecy
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Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Speculum peccatoris. ff. 8v-16r: Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion. ff. 16r-22r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis. ff. 22r-24r: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei. ff. 24r-26v: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo super illum locum in Cantico: 'Ecce ...
Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton
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Contents: ff. 1r-153v: Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton), attributed to John le Breton. Decoration: Small initials in blue, some with pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red. Rubrics in red.
Contents: f. 1r-v: Elevation prayer, beginning ‘I do salute the moste holy body’. ff. 2r-4r: Latin prayers on the Five Joys, beginning ‘laudo amo adoro’, based on the Liber Specialis Gratiae, I.19. ff. 4r-4*r: Latin prayers for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, beginning ‘Veni sancte spiritus’....
Sermons by various authors including Geoffrey Babio du Louroux
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Contents: ff. 13r-20v: Various sermons (13r-19v) and verses (ff. 20r-20v). ff. 21r-163v: Sermons by various authors including Geoffrey Babio du Louroux. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 1r-3v: Various notes in 14th/15th-century hands. ff. 4r-4v: 'De 12 signis solis' in a 15th-ce...