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1031. Topham Ch 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Topham Ch 19
Title:
Receipt of Dorothy Comberford, abbess of the Minoresses of St Clare without Aldgate, London, for the lease of the rectory of Hartington
Scope & Content:
Receipt by Dorothy Comberford, abbess of the Abbey of the Minoresses of St Clare without Aldgate, London, confirming she and the convent had received from George [Talbot] (1468-1538), earl of Shropshire [Shrewsbury], £26 30s 4d, for the lease of the rectory of Hartington, Derbyshire, and the hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1526
Extent:
1 leaf

1032. Wolley Ch IX 70

Reference (shelfmark):
Wolley Ch IX 70
Title:
Grant by William Ireland of Yeldersely to Dulcissa, widow of Robert Ireland, of messuages, lands and rents
Scope & Content:
Chirograph between William Ireland of Yeldersley, esquire, and Dulcissa, once the wife of Robert Ireland of the same, granting Dulcissa messuages, land and rents in Yeldersley and Locko as her dower for life, with a description of their location; given at Yeldersley, 1 November 1435. Endorsed: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1435
Extent:
1 leaf

1033. Wolley Ch XII 31a

Reference (shelfmark):
Wolley Ch XII 31a
Title:
Probate certificate of the will of Agnes Fearne
Scope & Content:
Probate certificate by Matthew Parker (1504-75), archbishop of Canterbury, for the will of Agnes Fearne; dated 8 February 1575.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1575
Extent:
1 leaf

1034. Yates Thompson MS 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 3
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours')
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours, use of Rome, known as the 'The Dunois Hours', including: ff. 1r-12r: Calendar, use of Paris. ff. 13r-22r: Excerpts from the Four Gospels. ff. 22v-32r: Two prayers to the Virgin, 'Obsecro te' (ff. 22v-27r) and 'O intemerata' (ff. 27r-32r). ff. 32v-35r: Prayer 'Deus propicius.'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1439-c 1450
Extent:

1 volume

1035. Yates Thompson MS 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 11
Title:
Collection of moral tracts
Scope & Content:
This collection of moral tracts originally formed one volume with the Somme le Roy, Add. MS 28162. The manuscript includes: ff. 2r-7r: Traité de la sainte abbaye; incipit: 'La sainte abbaie e la religion doit estre fondee...' ff. 7r-28: Traité de l'amour de Dieu; incipit: 'Vous vouliez que je...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1290-c 1300
Extent:

1 volume

1036. Yates Thompson MS 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 17
Title:
Peter Lombard, Sententiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-142r: Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. 1160), Sententiae (Sentences), preceded by the prologue (ff. 2r-4r): 'Cupientes aliquid de penuria ac tenuitate nostra'. ff. 1v; 142v-143v: A fragment from an anonymous treatise on the seven sins, several quires are lacking, beginning on f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

1037. Yates Thompson MS 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 25
Title:
Leaf from a Dominican Antiphonal
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a single detached leaf that once belonged to a large illuminated Antiphonal, containing the chants to be sung during the celebration of the Mass. The leaf carries part of the music for the feast of Easter. Other detached leaves from the same manuscript include Victoria &...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 leaf

1038. Yates Thompson MS 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 26
Title:
Bede, Prose Life of St Cuthbert
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains: ff. 2v-4r: Letter of Bede to Bishop Eadfrith forming a prologue to his prose Life of St Cuthbert, incipit: 'Domino sancto ac beatissimo patri Eadfrido episcopo'. ff. 4r-4v: Letter of Bede to the priest John (the letter accompanying the metrical Life of St Cuthbert), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

1039. Yates Thompson MS 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 27
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of Yolande of Flanders')
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours, use of Paris, known as the 'Hours of Yolande of Flanders', includes: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13v-107r: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 107v-124v: Seven Penitential Psalms. ff. 125r-128r: Litany. 13 leaves from this manuscript were given by John Ruskin to the Ruskin School of Fi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1353-1363
Extent:

1 volume

1040. Yates Thompson MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 30
Title:
Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar; ff. 14r-58v: Hours of the Virgin; ff. 61r-63r: Mass of the Virgin; ff. 67r-74r: Seven Penitential Psalms; ff. 74r-80v: Litany; ff. 83r-109v: Office of the Dead; ff. 112r-114v: Office of the Holy Cross; ff. 118r-121v: Gradual Psalms. There are blank folio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1500-1510
Extent:

1 volume

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