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Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 66, ff 267r-268v
Title:: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophetiae Merlini (Prophecies of Merlin)
Scope & Content:: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Epistle to Bishop Alexander of Lincoln (preface to the Prophecies of Merlin), incipit: 'Coegit me Alexander'; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophetiae Merlini (Prophecies of Merlin), incipit: 'Sedente igitur vortegirno rege britonum'. f. 268v: A table of cities with their longitu...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1490
Extent:: 2 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 66, ff 269r-277r
Title:: Alpharinus, Liber arenalis scientiae, translated by Plato Tiburtinus (Plato of Tivoli)
Scope & Content:: Alpharinus, Liber arenalis scientiae, translated by Plato Tiburtinus (Plato of Tivoli), rubric: 'In nomine domini Ihesu xristi incipit Liber scientie arienalis de iudiciis geomansie ab alpharino filio abrahe judeo editus, et a platone de hebreico sermone in Latinum translatus...'; incipit: 'Fort...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1490
Extent:: 9 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 66, ff 277v-287v
Title:: Geomantic tables
Scope & Content:: Geomantic tables with a canon, rubric: 'Tabule Humfridi ducis Glowcestrie in judiciis artis geomansie'; incipit (canon): 'Antequam procedatur ad judicium...'; with a table of planets correlated with geomentic figures and their significations (f. 287v).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1490
Extent:: 12 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 66, ff 288r-290v
Title:: Prophecy of Bridlington
Scope & Content:: Political prophecy, known as the 'Prophecy of John of Bridlington' or 'Prophecy of Bridlington', incipit: 'Febribus infectus: requies fuerat mihi lectus'; with five other political prophecies, which begin as follows (f. 190v): 'Lilia terna dies libre'; 'H. parte submercet', 'Mens cur cor'; 'Ter ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1490
Extent:: 3 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 66, ff 291r-291v
Title:: Brigitta of Sweden, Revelationes, book 4 (extract), with a collection of political prophecies
Scope & Content:: Visions of Brigitta of Sweden concerning the kingdoms of England and France, extracted from her Revelationes, book 4, title: 'Visiones Sancte Brigitte vidue filie regis Swazie de regibus Anglie et Francie'; rubric: 'Orante xristi sponsa vidit in visione qualiter beatus Dionisius orabat pro regno ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1490
Extent:: 1 folio.

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 71/1
Title:: Detached leaf from a Gradual
Scope & Content:: This manuscript comprises a single detached leaf from the opening of a large illuminated Gradual, made in Ghent between 1480 and 1483. The Gradual was probably commissioned by Margaret of York (b. 1446, d. 1503), duchess of Burgundy, whose arms (formulated after her marriage in 1468 to Charles t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1480
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 83
Title:: Psalter and Hours (the 'Howard Psalter') and Psalter (the 'De Lisle Psalter')
Scope & Content:: Contents: The manuscript is composed of at least two formerly independent volumes: ff. 1r-116v: A Psalter and Hours, known as the 'Howard Psalter' (Arundel MS 83 I). ff. 177r-135v: A calendar and the Speculum theologiae, a collection of diagrams attributed to John of Metz, that originally fo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: c 1308-c 1340
Extent:: A parchment codex, 135 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 83, ff 1r-116v
Title:: Psalter and Hours (the 'Howard Psalter')
Scope & Content:: The Howard Psalter is preceded by a collection of theological diagrams excerpted from several sources and known as the Speculum theologie, probably compiled by Johannes Metensis (John of Metz), a Franciscan preacher and follower of Bonaventura, active in Paris around 1273, and a calendar inserte...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1308-c 1320
Extent:: 116 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 83, ff 117r-135v
Title:: Calendar and prefatory cycle of miniatures and diagrams (the 'De Lisle Psalter')
Scope & Content:: The 'De Lisle Psalter' includes: ff. 117r-122v: Calendar, use of Sarum. ff. 123r-135: Prefatory material including the Speculum theologie, a collection of theological diagrams excerpted from several sources, probably compiled by Johannes Metensis (John of Metz), a Franciscan preacher and foll...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: c 1310- c 1339
Extent:: 119 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 140
Title:: Collection of legendary and devotional texts including The Prick of Conscience, Mandeville's Travels and The Seven Sages of Rome; Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is made up of two distinct structural units joined together. The first part (ff. 1-165) contains a collection of legendary and devotional works in Middle English, including The Prick of Conscience, The Seven Sages of Rome, and Mandeville's Travels. The second part (ff. 166-181)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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