Dionysius Periegetes, Orbis descriptio, Müller GGM ii pp.104-176. 1111 hexameters instead of 1186. Acrostichs on ff. 5v-6, 19v-20. Interlinear glosses and marginal notes partly in Latin
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Excerpts from Textus Roffensis, in a modern facsimile by Elizabeth Elstob
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Contents: ff. 1r-9v: Excerpts from Textus Roffensis, including a copy of King Æthelberht's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester (bearing the date ‘4 kal. Maias, indictione 7’), a facsimile on parchment made by Elizabeth Elstob. Decoration: 1 large historiated in...
Catalogues of the books of Henry Savile of Banke, Robert Bruce Cotton, and John Dee
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Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Catalogue of the library of Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617) in English and Latin, written in the hand of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. f. 10v: List of books wanted by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, headed: 'Books I want', fr...
Yūhannā ibn Sarābiyūn (Serapion the Elder), Breviarium medicinae
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Yūhannā ibn Sarābiyūn (Serapion the Elder), Breviarium medicinae; Imperfect at the end. The Breviarium medicinae or Practica Serapionis is the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona (c.1114-1187) of the Arabic version of a work known as the Small Compendium and originally written in Syriac by Yū...
Poems by the Chester arms-painters Thomas Chaloner and Randle Holme
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Contents: ff. 1r-53v: A collection of English poems and Latin sayings by Thomas Chaloner (d. 1598), dated to 1575-1577. ff. 54r-120v: A collection of English poems and notes by Randle Holme I (b. 1570/71, d. 1655), dated to 1616-1638. One poem on ff. 60v-61r (‘The Songe called the Buttned smo...
Middle English Life of Christ and other saints' Lives and theological texts
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Contents: ff. 1r-44r: Middle English stanzaic Life of Christ in verse (Circumcision, the first leaf of which has been misbound between ff. 44 and f. 45; Epiphay; Purification of the Virgin Mary; Innocents; Septuagesima; Sexagesima; Quinquagesima; Quadragesima; Lent; the Passion; Pilate; Judas; ...
Collection of poems by John Lydgate, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Benedict Burgh
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This manuscript contains poems by some of the most renowned poets from Late Medieval England, including John Lydgate (b. c. 1370, d. c. 1451), Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400), and Benedict Burgh (b. 1413, d. 1483). The collection of poems by John Lydgate is believed to be derived from a ...
The Commonplace Book of John Colyns, including Ipomydon, B version, and the stanzaic Morte Arthur
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This composite manuscript comprises two booklets of Middle English poetry and prose (ff. 54-85, 86-133) that were compiled into one volume in the early 16th century by John Colyns (d. c. 1542), mercer, of the parish of St Mary Woolchurch Haw, London. The manuscript contains the unique copies o...
Henri d'Acre, Miscellany of secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)
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The manuscript divides in two parts. Part I (ff. 1r-48v) includes a collection of hagiographical texts in Anglo-Norman French. Part II (ff. 49r-140v and 142r-142v, except for folio 52v) was written in c. 1330-1340 by the so-called 'Harley scribe' and contains a miscellany of texts including secu...