Breuiarium regum Anglorum, from the foundation of Britain to the reign of King Edward IV of England (1461–1470, 1471–1483) (58r–239v); verse beginning ‘Uos qui estis inspecturi’ (240r–241v); Welsh verse (242r–v); verse beginning ‘Qui plus expendit quam lucri summa (rependit)’ (243v–244r: Walther 15605)
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Language(s): Latin; English (233r–235r); Welsh (242r–v) Dated: 2nd half of the 15th century; 16th century (242r–v)
Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu; Letter of Pope Paschal II; Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of Le Mans, De sancta Trinitate; Chronicle from Noah to Louis the Pious; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, F-text; Robert de Torigni, Chronicle, AD 1153–1179 (imperfect); Quadripartitus (imperfect); Henry of Huntingdon, De contemptu mundi (Historia Anglorum, book viii), Coronation charter of King Henry I of England (imperfect); List of Welsh cantrefi, Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Angl...
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This codex contains: f. 1*: an early modern list of contents; between f. 1* and f. 2r there are two blank folios; ff. 2r-15v: Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu, letter of Pope Paschal II, Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of Le Mans, De sancta Trinitate, followed by two blank ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, English, Old, English., and Welsh
List of Welsh cantrefi; Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Anglorum (imperfect); genealogical chronicle of the dukes of Normandy and kings of England; memorandum of the children of King Edward II of England; memorandum of the battles fought under King Edward III of England
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These folios contain: ff. 120r-121v: list of Welsh cantrefi in Middle Welsh, copied in the 2nd half of the 15th century; f. 122r: Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Anglorum (imperfect), copied in the 4th quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century; ff. 122r-124r: genea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century
Historical and topographical papers of William Camden (d. 1623), including epigrams and epitaphs of William Lily (d. 1522/3) (69r–73v), and a purported charter of Edward the Confessor, king of England (1042–66) (141r: Boffey 1295)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin, English and Welsh; Middle English (141r) Dated: 1st half of the 16th century to 1st quarter of the 17th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century