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1. Add MS 54229-54246

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A. MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1150-1570]
Extent:
18 items

2. Add MS 54229-54323*

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Title:
MILLAR BEQUEST
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts bequeathed to the British Museum by Dr Eric George Millar (1887-1966), Keeper of Manuscripts 1944-1947. See also Add. 54179-54180 and Add. Chs. 75641-75722. See The Eric George Millar Bequest of Manuscripts and Drawings 1967. A Commemorative Volume. BMQ, xxxiii, 1-2 (1968). Acquire...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1150-1999]
Extent:
95 items

3. Add MS 54232

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. VI. Bible, Vulgate version with the prefaces of St Jerome, written in England; mid 13th cent. Latin. Turner, op. cit., BMQ, xxxiii, pp. 21-22. Owned, circa 1300, by Brother Gervase of Bangor, presumably a member of the Dominican house there, and bequeathed by him to the Fran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1230-1399
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 54233

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. VII. St Raymundus de Peñaforte, 'Summa de Poenitentia et Matrimonio', written in England; late 13th cent. Latin. The text, in four books, is similar to that first printed, with gloss by Guillelmus Redonensis, under the title Summa Sti Raymundi de Peniafort . . . de Poenitent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1260-1460
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 54234

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. VIII. The Sapiential Books, glossed, written and illuminated in northern France; circa 1225-1250. Latin. Turner, op. cit., BMQ, xxxiii, pp. 23-24, pl. IX. On the development of glossed books of the Bible, see C. F. R. de Hamel, Glossed Books of the Bible and the Origins of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1225-1250
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 54235

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Title:
Vulgate
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains both the Old and New Testament books of the Vulgate. The manuscript probably originates from Northern France. The style of its decoration is associated by Robert Branner (Manuscript Painting, 1977) with the Johannes Grusch Atelier: a group of Parisian artists active from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
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Parchment manuscript

7. Add MS 54236

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. X. Peter Lombard, 'Sentences', in four books, written in Spain; mid 13th cent. Latin. Beg. (Book 1) 'ueteris ac noue legis continentiam'. Lacks the Prologue 'cupientes'. For printed editions see: Migne, PL, cxcii, 522-962; Petri Lombardi Libri IV Sententiarum, Quaracchi edit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 54237

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XI. Cistercian Diurnal, written in Portugal, for, and possibly at, the Cistercian nunnery of Lorvao; 1259-1260. Latin. D. H. Turner, op. cit., BMQ, xxxiii, pp. 26-28, pl. XII. Ascribed to Lorvao by virtue of the commemorations in the calendar, which include Teresa (21 June),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1259-1260
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 54238

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XII. Noted Pontifical, written in France; mid 14th cent. Fragment. Latin. Turner, op. cit., BMQ, xxxiii, p. 29. Essentially a version of the Romano-Germanic Pontifical of the 10th cent. (see ibid.). Letter concerning the coronation rite from Paul Ward to Millar, n.d. (f. i)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 54239

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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XIII. 'Legenda Aurea' of Jacobus de Voragine, written in Germany; early 14th cent. Latin. Extracts, namely chapters ii, iii, lvii, iv-xv. The full text was first printed in the original Latin version at Strasburg, 1472-1474, at Basel, bef. 1475, and at Paris, 1475. Turner, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item