Middle English translations of the Revelations of Birgitta of Sweden and Alfonso Fernández Pecha, Epistola solitarii ad reges
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This manuscript contains one of the two extant full-text translations of the Revelations of the mystic and saint, Birgitta of Sweden (b. 1303, d. 1373), known as the Liber celestis revelationum (Heavenly Book of Revelations). The other full-text copy survives in Cotton MS Claudius B I. Also pr...
Genealogical and historical collections, including the arms of the abbeys of Thorney and Crowland (4r); a list of the abbots of Peterborough Abbey (46r–v); and a charter of Abbot Reginald of Ramsey (1113/14–1131) (79v)
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Dated: 1st half of the 12th century to 1st half of the 17th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-1st half of the 17th century
Historical and topographical collections, 1529-1640
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Collection of historical letters and papers, principally from the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI and I. From the collection of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Partly assembled by Cotton and William Camden (1551–1623), historian an...
Historical and topographical papers of William Camden (d. 1623), incorporating items concerning Mary, queen of Scots (1542–67; d. 1587), Elizabeth I, queen of England (1558–1603), and Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex (d. 1601), and including the charges brought against Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530), 1529–30 (36v–41v); the indictment of Sir Walter Raleigh, (d. 1618), 1603 (78v); The Deuise for alteratione of religione (167r–169r); a table of the weights of English and Scottish coins (f. ...
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Dated: 2nd half of the 16th century to middle of the 17th century
Commonplace-book of William Worcester (d. 1480 × 1485), including a contents-table of Chrétien le Gowayz de Saint-Maure (attributed), Methamorphoseos (6r–13v); Sedulius, Paschale carmen (22r–23r: excerpts); Ralph Marham, Manipulus chronicorum ab mundi initio usque ad sua tempora (65r–v: excerpts); John Argentine, Actus publice habitus in academia Cantabrigiensi (165r–166v); John Gower, Verses in praise of King Henry IV of England (1399–1413) (167r); and John Somerset, Querimonia de ingratitud...
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Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman French; Hebrew (f. 121r–v); Greek (f. 123).