Contents: ff. 1r-90v: Genealogies of noble families. ff. 91r-93r: An index of names. Decoration: Coats of arms (‘tricks’) in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
A devotional miscellany of Middle English prose and verse
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This devotional manuscript was written by the 'Winchester scribe', the principal scribe of the so-called 'Winchester Anthology' (Add MS 60577), a large compilation of religious prose and verse in Latin and English in which the scribe identifies himself as an anonymous Benedictine monk at St Swit...
Register of the Tregoze family and the manor of Goring
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Various documents related to the Tregoze family and the manor of Goring including the register of contents of the manor of Goring in the 14th year of King Edward II's reign (1321). ff. 1r–6v: Extent of the manor of Goring as of 10 January 1321. ff. 7r–22r: Tenants at Goring. ff. 23r–34r: Serf...
ff. 1v–13v: Recital of royal and other documents, 1459–78, relating to the foundation of the Babington chantry (in the chapel of St Andrew), given by Sir William Babington (b. c.1370, d. 1454).
Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae
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Guido delle Colonne ['de Columnis' or 'de Columna'], Historia destructionis Troiae (A History of the Destruction of Troy) or Historia troiana, in 35 books with a prologue and epilogue. Explicit: 'Factum est autem presens opus Anno dominice incarnacionis millesimo ducentesimo octuagesimo septimo ...
ff. 2r–84r: Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica. Abbreviated text, α-recension, omitting most non-historical content. Decoration: Numerous marginal drawings in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, people, hybrid creatures, and a dog chasing a rabbit (f. 11v). 2 puzzle initials in red and brown...
ff. 1r–93v: Anselm of Canterbury, Meditationes. Decoration: Numerous puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing and infill in red and some blue; infill frequently includes trifoliate leaf motifs; tendrils of pen-flourishing frequently end in heart-shaped leaf. Rubrics in red. Capital...
f. 1v: Paper fragment pasted to the leaf, with a list of grammarians and their dates, attributing the text to William Heytesbury. ff. 2r–196v: Regulae grammaticales, ‘Omnia nomina latina terminantia …’. The passage beginning on f. 76v is recopied on an inserted paper leaf (f. 77), ‘Precianus di...
This manuscript contains three texts of the Ars Notoria, including a set of prayers, holy and angelic names, diagrams and rituals used to gain knowledge and understanding by supernatural revelation, apparently as revealed by God to Solomon. Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Ars Memorativa, beginning: 'Yf ...