491. Lansdowne MS 762
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492. 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
493. 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
494. LFC Ch III 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- LFC Ch III 1
- Title:
- Will of Margery de Crek
- Scope & Content:
- Will of Margery de Crek, widow of Bartholomew de Crek, leaving her body to be buried in the church of Flixton Priory, the nunnery that she founded in 1258, making other bequests to the priory, the bishop of Norwich, her family, and others; dated the morrow of St Luke the Evangelist [19 October],...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1282
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
495. LFC Ch VII 5
- Reference (shelfmark):
- LFC Ch VII 5
- Title:
- Restoration by Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1033/4, d. 1109) to the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury
- Scope & Content:
- Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1033/4, d. 1109) restores to the monks of Canterbury half of the revenue of the high altar of the cathedral, as granted by his predecessor Archbishop Lanfranc (b. c. 1010, d. 1089), grants the other half, and restores to the monks the manor of Stisted, Essex....
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1093-1109
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
496. Papyrus 112
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 112
- Title:
- Deed of Sale (ChLA III 198 [+ XXII 719 + XXIX 879], P.Ital. II 38–41, TM 114844)
- Scope & Content:
- Deed of sale made on behalf of a banker named Theodorus issued to a buyer whose name is lost. Theodorus sells half of a house he had obtained from a major of the exarch of Italy, called Eleutherius (616–661 AD). The house is located in Ravenna, near the Padenna river, and is composed of two floo...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 616-619
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus, additional fragments of which are now in the Vatican Library and in Padua University Library (Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche). Written on one side, the back bearing modern annotations; with portion of one column containing 11 lines on the recto. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
497. Papyrus 384
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 384
- Title:
- Petition to the Prefect of Egypt (P.Lond. II 384, P.Vet. Aelii 10, ChLA III 201, TM 31217)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a Greek petition issued by the veteran Aelius Syrion to an unnamed prefect of Egypt, in which he complains about misdeeds and fraud in some commercial transactions concerning oil and wheat. At the top of the document, there are remains remains of a Latin text, perhaps the prefect’s an...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 222-255
- Extent:
- Fragment from a papyrus roll. The document is written on the recto, along the fibres; portions of one column, 35 lines. The verso is blank. The top margin is lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
498. Papyrus 447
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 447
- Title:
- Draft of a Petition (P.Abinn. 1, P.Lond. II 447 ro. descr., TM 10014) and Hermias’ Account of Grain and Barley (P.Abinn. 78, SB VIII 9696, P.Lond. II 447 vo. descr., TM 32687)
- Scope & Content:
- Recto (P.Abinn. 1, P.Lond. II 447 ro. descr., TM 10014): Draft of a petition addressed to the emperors Constantius and Constans from Abinnaeus, who summarises his career, and focuses on the time when he conducted the refugees of the Blemyes to Constantinople, as well as on his appointment as pre...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 340-342
- Extent:
-
Papyrus roll, pale brown, broken off at the top, written on both sides. The recto bears one column of 15 lines, the verso two columns of 22 lines, complete. On the front the preserved margins are the right (40 mm), lower (45 mm) and left (40 mm). The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
499. Papyrus 481
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 481
- Title:
- Latin-Greek Glossary (P.Lond.Lit. 187, TM 64454, LDAB 5678, MP3 3005)
- Scope & Content:
- A Latin-Greek glossary, merging three conversational phrases and some words, and roughly lemmatised by topic. The Latin-Greek glossary was used by Greek speakers in early stage of Latin learning.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Extent:
-
Fragment from an opisthograph sheet; the verso is written upside down compared to the recto. The text is disposed into two narrow columns, the first with Latin and the second with Greek. The Greek script is used for the Latin words too. Traces of ink on the right side of the recto suggest the existence of another column. The papyrus is mounted in glass.
500. Papyrus 482
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 482
- Title:
- Receipt for Hay for Cavalrymen (ChLA III 203, TM 78865)
- Scope & Content:
- A letter to acknowledge receipt of hay written by Serenus, perhaps the same cavalryman mentioned in line 25, and concerning cavalrymen of the squadron (turma) of Donacianus, of the ala veterana Gallica. The full list of the cavalrymen of the squadron, recorded by their nomina only, follows.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- May 130
- Extent:
-
Light-brown papyrus sheet, written on the recto along the fibres, the verso being blank. The top (4 mm), the right (3 mm), the left (4 mm), and the bottom (27 mm) margins are preserved. One column of 38 lines is fully preserved. The ink is brown. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.