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31. Add MS 6940

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Title:
Ardā vīrāf nāmah اردا ویراف نامه by Zartusht Bahrām
Scope & Content:
The Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a poetical version in Persian by Zartusht Bahrām ibn Pazhdū of the book of Ardā Vīrāf, based on a Pahlavi original of the 9th/10th century describing Arda Viraf's journey through heaven and hell and his return home afterwards. Copied by the Rev. John Hadd...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+64+i

32. Add MS 6998

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Title:
Ṣad dar صد در attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh ایرانشاه ابن ملکشاه
Scope & Content:
The Ṣad dar (صد در) attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh (ایرانشاه ابن ملکشاه). A popular version of the 100 Zoroastrian rules composed in Persian verse in Kerman in 1494 (14 Muharram 900 AH) at the request of Shahriyār ibn Ardashīr ibn Bahrāmshāh. Copied by the Rev. John Haddon Hindley (1765-1...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Persian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+236+ii

33. Add MS 7138

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Title:
The Plegmund Narrative or Crediton Claim (with letters from Sir Walter Trevelyan and Henry Petrie)
Scope & Content:
Statement of Crediton’s claim to certain estates in Cornwall, giving an account of the purported creation of new bishops and their consecration in 905 (Winchester, Ramsbury, Sherborne, Wells, Crediton, Selsey and Dorchester), and statement of the assignment to Crediton, on that occasion, of land...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf bound with paper correspondence

34. Add MS 7914

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Title:
Majmu'a / مجموعه
Scope & Content:
1 (1v-22v): Baḥr al-hudā A didactic qaṣīda. By Shaybānī, i.e. Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad Shaybānī Khān. 2 (23v-49v): Tuḥfat al-salāṭīn Selected verses of Navā’ī. Compiled by ‘Abd al-Jamīl Kātib. 3 (50v-114r): Gul va Navrūz The romance of Princess Gul and Prince Navrūz, in verse. By Luṭfī. 4 (115v...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
914
Extent:
Codex; 12 texts; 337 ff.

35. Add MS 7966 B

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Title:
Roll of expenses in wax and spices by the royal households
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This roll contains a summary of the expenses in wax and spices incurred by the households of King Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307); Queen Margaret of France (b. c. 1279, d. 1318), his second wife; the Prince of Wales, the future Edward II (r. 1307-1327); and Thomas of Brotherton (b. 1300, d. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
20 Nov 1300-19 Nov 1301
Extent:
1 roll

36. Add MS 8091

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Title:
Gospel of St John with glosses
Scope & Content:
This early 12th-century manuscript contains the Gospel of John with marginal and interlinear Glossa ordinaria. The Gloss is a commentary on the Bible that was compiled under the auspices of the French theologian Anselm of Laon (d. 1117) in the late 11th or early 12th century. Since the size of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

37. Add MS 8873

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Title:
Collectio Britannica
Scope & Content:
The only witness of a canonical collection commonly called the Collectio Britannica (The British Collection). This collection originated in France (perhaps in Chartres), and was a reworking of a previous collection. Historical excerpts contained in this manuscript suggest that the manuscript i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

38. Add MS 8877

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Title:
Household roll of Eleanor de Montfort, Countess of Leicester and Pembroke
Scope & Content:
The household roll of Eleanor de Montfort (b. 1215, d. 1275), Countess of Leicester and Pembroke, containing a set of financial accounts produced in her household for the year 1265. Eleanor de Montfort was the wife of Simon de Montfort (b. c. 1208, d. 1265), Earl of Leicester, and the sister of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1265
Extent:
1 roll

39. Add MS 9046

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Title:
Psalter in Tironian notes
Scope & Content:
This 9th-century manuscript is one of a few early medieval manuscripts that contain a Psalter written entirely in Tironian notes. This is a shorthand that was attributed to Tiro (b. 94, d. 4 BC), a slave of Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC), that consisted of 4000 signs in its medieval variant. The manu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

40. Add MS 10037

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Title:
Jane Segar, The Divine Prophecies of the Ten Sibills
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains The Divine Prophecies of the Ten Sibills, written and illuminated by Jane Segar, sister of the Elizabethan herald and officer of arms Sir William Segar (b. c. 1554, d. 1633) and the courtier and painter Francis Segar (b. 1563, d. 1615). Jane presented the volume to Eliza...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1589
Extent:
1 volume

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