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2. Add MS 32477
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 32477
- Title:
- MEMORANDUM-BOOK of Lieut.-Colonel Jeremiah Baines, a Parliamentary officer, containing for the most part theological and controversial notes, and trigonometrical and other mathematical memoranda; also a few notes on military matters (ff. 30 b, 43 b, 82). At the beginning (f. 1 b) are entries of the marriage of Col. Baines and the births of his children; and at f. 75 are brief notes of the siege of Reading in April, 1643. Paper; ff. 89. Duodecimo.
- Scope & Content:
- Diaries and Memoranda: Col. J. Baines: memorandum-book: 17th cent. Jeremiah Baines, Lieutenant -Colonel in the Parliamentary Army: Memorandum book: 17th cent. includes: f. 75 Reading: Notes of the siege, by Col. J. Baines: 1643.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Egerton MS 2204
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2204
- Title:
- Bede the Venerable, In Lucae Evangelium Expositio
- Scope & Content:
- This 12th-century manuscript originates from the Benedictine abbey of St Mary in Reading. It contains the commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Bede the Venerable (d. 673, d. 735), an English Benedictine monk, theologian, and historian. This is one of the more than a hundred manuscripts that survi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
4. Egerton MS 2815
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2815
- Title:
- Accompt-Roll of John Pickarell, Cofferer of the Hoiischold and Paymaster of the Works to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset; 1 Apr. 2 Edw. VI. [1548] -7 Oct. 5 Edw. VI. [1551]. Rendered to the Court of Augmentations, 18 May, 1553, and signed by Sir Richard Sackville, Chancellor, and Sir Francis Mildmay, one of the Surveyors of the Court. it contains particulars of sums spent on the Protector's buildings at Somerset Place [old Somerset House], Syon, Banbury, Woolfall [al. Wolf Hall in Great Be...
- Scope & Content:
- Wolfhall, Great Bedwin, Wiltshire: Accompt of expenditure ou the Duke of Somerset's house at: 1548-1551. Syon House, Middlesex: Accompt of expenditure on: 1548-1551. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset; Lord Protector of England: Accompt of his Cofferer and Paymaster of the Works: 1548-1551. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1548-1551
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Egerton MS 2951
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2951
- Title:
- Robert Partes, Poems; Peter Riga, Floridus aspectus
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is the unique witness of the poems of Robert Partes (fl. c 1170), and also includes the collection of short poems, known as the Floridus Aspectus (Appearance of Flowers), by Peter Riga(b. c 1140, d. 1209). The volume was probably produced in the Benedictine abbey of Reading, wher...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
6. Egerton MS 3031
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 3031
- Title:
- The Cartulary of Reading Abbey
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains the Cartulary of Reading Abbey, including, among other miscellaneous items, a list of its books and those of its cell at Leominster. Produced at Reading in the early 1190s, the manuscript has later additions up to the reign of Henry III (r. 1216-1272). Contents: ff. 3r...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1190-1199
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
