Manuscripts collected by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d 1839) at Stowe House, Bucks. c 1000-c 1800. 1085 manuscripts
CONCORDANCE, or Harmony of the Gospels, in Latin, the four narratives being combined into one by selection of passages from each. Begins with John i. 1, "In principio erat Verbum," and ends with the last words of the same Gospel, " qui scribendi sunt libros,"followed by the colophon,"Explicit sa...
EPISTLES of St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and St. Anselm, viz.: — 1. "Epistola Anselmi arehiepiscopi ad papam"; Anselm's letter to Pope Paschal II., asking for a clearer declaration of his opinion on Investitures (Migne, Patrologia, vol. clix. col. 110, Ep. iii. 73). Begins (after the salutation), ...
EIGHT SERMONS "de Morte," and eleven "de Passione" Christi, in Latin. A short introduction is prefixed to the first series, beg. "Cum propriam imperitiam," and each sermon begins with the words "Omnes morimur." The second series begins, "Rorantes sanguine lacrimas" (f. 29b). The end of the volum...
"VITA beati Thomæ arehiepiscopi et martiris": the Quadrilogus, or compilation by E[lias?] of Evesham, from the four Lives by John of Salisbury, Herbert of Boseham, William of Canterbury, and Alan, Abbot of Tewkesbury. The prologue begins "Post summi favoris dote vestitos," and the Life itself "T...
"STEPHANI regis vita": extracts, chronologically arranged, from the Gesta Stephani (ed. Duchesne), Orderious Vitalis, Henry of Huntingdon, and other chronicles, chiefly taken from printed editions. With a few marginal notes by Sir Roger Twysden (ob. 1672). Paper; ff. 218. XVIIth cent. Folio. St...