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Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 874, ff 2-67
Title:: Caesarius of Arles, Commentary on Apocalypse
Scope & Content:: Contents: The first 11 homilies on the Apocalype by Caesarius Arles. The end of the 11th homily and the following one seems to have been erased (ff. 67-68v). ff. 2r-67r: Caesarius of Arles, Commentary on Apocalypse (imperfect). Running title: 'Augustinus super apocalipsim. Liber Sancti August...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 9th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 874, ff 2-67; 70-110v
Title:: Caesarius of Arles, Commentary on Apocalypse.
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-67r: contain the first 11 homilies on the Apocalype by Caesarius Arles. Caesarius of Arles, Commentary on Apocalypse (imperfect). Running title: 'Augustinus super apocalipsim. Liber Sancti Augustini'. Rubric: 'In Christi nomine, incipit expositio in apocalipsim Sancti Augustin...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 9th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 874, ff 68v-69v
Title:: Rhymed office for Saint Augustine ending with a Hymn for Gregory the Great.
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 68r and a part of f. 68v are erased. ff. 68v-69v: Rhymed office for Saint Augustine ending with a Hymn for Gregory the Great, beginning: 'O vere virum beatum/ O vere magnificum/ Qui missus ad predicandum' and ending: 'Gaude Gregorio pater Augustine magistro/ Gaude Gregori de fruct...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:: Part of a parchment codex

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

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

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1927
Title:: Baptismal register of the church of St Theodor, Basel
Scope & Content:: The first of two baptismal registers of the church of St Theodor, Basel. This volume records baptisms during the years 1490-1625. Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar in Latin. Printed, with rubrics in red. ff. 7r-7v: Ceremonies performed in preparation for use of the baptismal font, comprising: the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: German, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:: 1490-1737
Extent:: Paper codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 1928
Title:: Baptismal register of the church of St Theodor, Basel
Scope & Content:: The second of two baptismal registers of the church of St Theodor, Basel. This volume records baptisms during the years 1626-1737. Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Title-page, with list of rectors of the church of St Theodor, Basel, 1667-1819. ff. 2r-429r: List of baptisms, 1626-1737.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: German and Latin
Date Range:: 1490-1737
Extent:: Paper codex

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