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811. Egerton MS 877

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 877
Title:
Passio sanctae Margaretæ; Seven Penitential Psalms
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illustrated Passio sanctae Margaretae (Passion of St Margaret). The account ends with a Latin prayer (f. 12r) for a woman in childbirth and invokes Sts Elizabeth, Anna and Mary to free the mother from her pains. Several of the miniatures in the manuscript appear to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

812. Egerton MS 931

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 931
Title:
Pontifical, use of Sens ("The Pontifical of Guillaume II de Melun")
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [ii] recto: Notes added by Sir Frederic Madden (b. 1801, d. 1873), keeper of manuscripts at the British Museum between 1837 and 1866: a list of the archbishops of Sens of the family of Melun between 1325 and 1474; a note speculating on the identity of the bishop of Sens for whom t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1346-c 1360
Extent:

1 volume

813. Egerton MS 943

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 943
Title:
Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), with a commentary in Latin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2v-62r: Inferno, with Latin commentary. Incipit, 'In principio istius Comedie videndum est quicquid Auctor intendit declarare in universo'; f. 62v: Chapter list of Purgatorio; ff. 63r-126r: Purgatorio, with Latin commentary; ff. 129r-186r: Paradiso, with Latin commentary up to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 188 folios

814. Egerton MS 944

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 944
Title:
Lord Henry Howard (later Earl of Northampton), 'Regina Fortunata'
Scope & Content:
'Regina Fortunata' is a Latin treatise composed by Lord Henry Howard, afterwards Earl of Northampton, about the year 1576. This is evidently a presentation copy to Queen Elizabeth I. It is written fair in the italic hand of a scribe (this seems more likely than it is in Howard's own hand), with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1576
Extent:
1 volume

815. Egerton MS 1070

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1070
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René of Anjou')
Scope & Content:
A Book of Hours, use of Paris, produced in Paris around 1405-1410, which was subsequently augmented by an addition of several prayers and full page images, at the instigation of René, Duke of Anjou and King of Naples, probably after his return from Naples around 1442-1443 (according to Reynaud, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

816. Egerton MS 1139/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1139/1
Title:
Detached binding from Egerton MS 1139 (the 'Melisende Psalter')
Scope & Content:
Components of a 12th-century binding with later additions, formerly attached to Egerton MS 1139 (the 'Melisende Psalter'), now stored separately. Contents: 2 ivory panels, with scenes from the life of David on the upper cover (image labelled as f. v-recto), and the six vices and six works of c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1131-1143
Extent:

Detached former binding with ivory panels

817. Egerton MS 1147

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1147
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:
Contents: The manuscript's production was completed in two stages. The first was probably undertaken c. 1500 and included the following texts: ff. 1r-11v: Calendar, misbound, with the pages for August-December (ff. 1r-5v) followed by the pages for January-June (ff. 6r-11v). The page for July...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1500-1515
Extent:
1 volume

818. Egerton MS 1151

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1151
Title:
Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
A Book of Hours made c. 1260–70 by the workshop of William of Devon for the use of a laywoman. The calendar and litany include many saints associated with Worcestershire and the West Midlands such as Sts Frideswide, Oswald, Chad, Wulfstan, Milburga, Wilfrid, Birinus, Dunstan and Egwin. The high ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1260-70
Extent:
A parchment codex

819. Egerton MS 1651

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1651
Title:
Poems by Erasmus
Scope & Content:
Collection of epigrams by Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1467–1536), humanist scholar and reformer. Containing a dedicatory epistle addressed to Prince Henry, later Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland. With an epigram by Robert Gaguin (1433-1501), French-Flemish humanist, poet, prosodis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1499
Extent:
1 volume

820. Egerton MS 1693

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1693
Title:
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Beale, 1569-1593
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Beale, 1569-1593, comprising: continental correspondence; papers relating to Mary, Queen of Scots; and correspondence about the Church of England in the 1580s. This is a miscellaneous collection of papers once belonging to Robert Beale which have become separated...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1569-1593
Extent:
1 volume

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