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2081. Lansdowne MS 381/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 381/1
Title:
Psalter fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises eleven leaves from a Psalter created for Henry the Lion (b. 1129, d. 1195) and his wife Matilda (married to Henry 1168, d. 1189), who are illustrated on f. 10v, along with a calendar containing northern French and Flemish saints. Lansdowne 381/2 is a separate volume con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1168-1189
Extent:

1 volume

2082. Lansdowne MS 383

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 383
Title:
Psalter ('The Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: former pastedown from a 13th century text. ff. 2r-179v: Psalter, preceded by a calendar, Easter table, and cycle of full-page miniatures, and followed by Canticles, a Litany, Collects, and various longer prayers. Decoration: 8 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2083. Lansdowne MS 383, ff. 2r-179v

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 383, ff. 2r-179v
Title:
Psalter ('The Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents include: f. 2r: Ownership inscriptions. ff. 2v-8v: Calendar, with illuminated roundels of the signs of the zodiac and labours of the month. ff. 9r: Table for calculating the celebration of Easter within a nineteen-year cycle, said to have been communicated by an angel to St Pachomius...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
178 folios.

2084. Lansdowne MS 431

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 431
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: A psalter with a calendar; ends imperfectly and is lacking Psalm 101 (there is a stub between ff. 75 and 76). Decoration: 12 large 'KL' initials in the calendar in gold with penwork decoration in green, blue, and red, with the occupations of the months and zodiac symbols in colou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

2085. Lansdowne MS 456

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 456
Title:
Genealogical chronicle of English kings to Edward IV
Scope & Content:
The text is written on one side of the parchment, in three vertical columns with the central column being double the width of the two flanking columns, so that they could be folded inwards. The parchment was then folded lengthwise, concertina-style, rather than rolled, to form a winged roll-code...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1461-1466
Extent:

1 volume

2086. Lansdowne MS 694

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 694
Title:
A short Hebrew Grammar in Latin
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Latin
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
16 folios

2087. Lansdowne MS 699

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 699
Title:
Collection of poems by John Lydgate and Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r-v: John Lydgate, 'Life of St Giles', written in Middle English verse, imperfect comprising only the final six stanzas; the text beginning, '…Bi a spiryt oonly of prophecie...' (DIMEV 4129). ff. 3r-18r: John Lydgate, Fabula duorum mercatorum, written in Middle English verse, be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2088. Lansdowne MS 762

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 762
Title:
Tudor commonplace book
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–99v: Tudor commonplace book, which was probably compiled during the reign of King Henry VIII, perhaps in the 1520s or 1530s. Its author would appear to be a Londoner, interested in civic affairs, religion and prophecies. f. 1r: Pen trials. f. 2r: Copy on parchment of the testament of Jo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1509-1564
Extent:

1 volume

2089. Lansdowne MS 813

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 813
Title:
Lord Henry Howard (later Earl of Northampton), 'A dutiful defence of the lawful regiment of women'
Scope & Content:
Lord Henry Howard (later Earl of Northampton), 'A dutifull defence of the lawfull Regiment of Weomen devided into three books. The first conteyneth reasons and examples grownded on the lawe of nature. The second reasons and examples grownded on the Civile lawes. The third reasons and examples gr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1590-1603
Extent:
1 volume

2090. Lansdowne MS 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 851
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, made shortly after his death, traditionally assigned to the year 1400. Contents: ff. 2r-12r: The General Prologue. ff. 12r-38v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 38v-39v: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 39v-47v: The Miller's Tale. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410
Extent:

1 volume

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