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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Level [36] Series

11. Royal Appendix MS 74-76

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Royal Appendix MS 74-76
Title:
Collection of miscellaneous compositions, of Anthems, Hymns, Services, and Madrigals, including a prayer for King Edward VI, mostly in parts, predominantly anonymous, yet named composers include Tallis.
Scope & Content:
1547-1548. before the first Booke of the Common Prayer, 1549. In many cases the versions of the Psalms followed closely resemble those in the Prymer of 1544. Collection of partially scored, and complete compositions, of sacred music, largely of English origin, composed, for instruments, and voi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1547-1548
Extent:
3 volumes (53, 36, 52 folios)

12. Royal MS 1 C V-VI

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Royal MS 1 C V-VI
Title:
I C. v, vi BIBLE, in Latin, of S. Jerome's version; preceded by the epistle of Jerome to Paulinus (f. 1). The order of the books of the 0. T. varies somewhat from the normal Vulgate arrangement. The Prayer of Manasses follows 2 Chronicles; the books of Solomon (Proverbs -Ecclesiasticus) follow 2 Esdras [= Nehemiah], and are followed by job, Tobit, Judith, and Esther; and the Psalter is omitted, Jerome's prologues, with only the addition of the short prologues to Baruch and Maccabees. The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1451
Extent:
2 items

13. Royal MS 1 D XI-XV

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Royal MS 1 D XI-XV
Title:
i D. xi-xv EPISTLES OF S. PAUL, in Latin. The text is a revision of the Vulgate, the rejected readings of the latter being, however, written in red ink immediately after the words substituted for them. The variant readings do not appear to be taken from any MS., but to be due to a fresh translation from the Greek. Vellum; originally in five volumes, now bound in two, but with separate paginations for the five parts, ff. 180, 97, 80, 100, 77. 14 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. Early XVI cent. Carefully...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
5 items

14. Royal MS 1 E VII-VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 E VII-VIII
Title:
Bible (2 volumes)
Scope & Content:
These exceptionally large codices form the only surviving Bible from late Anglo-Saxon England and one of only two largely complete, surviving Bibles from England before 1066 (the other being the Codex Amiatinus). In addition to the Old and New Testaments, these volumes include tables of chapters...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century-16th century
Extent:
2 parchment codices

15. Royal MS 2 B XII-XIII

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Royal MS 2 B XII-XIII
Title:
2 B. xii, xiii LECTIONARY of the Mass, in Latin. Two volumes (epistles and gospels). Each contains the Festivale followed by the Sanctorale and Commune, and the days are the same in each, except that the gospels for SS. Matthias and Mark, omitted in their proper order, are inserted (vol. ii, f. 34 b) at the end of the Proprium Sanctorum, there is no gospel for the Visitation of the Virgin, and a gospel for the Eleven Thousand Virgins is placed at the end of the Commune. Music is given in th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1508
Extent:
2 items

16. Royal MS 2 D XIV-XIX

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Royal MS 2 D XIV-XIX
Title:
2 D. xiv-xix OLD TESTAMENT, translated into Latin hexameter verse by john [Bridges], Bishop of Oxford [1603-1618]. Dedicated to King James I. In six volumes (vol. i Genesis to Deuteronomy, vol. ii Joshua to 2 Kings, vol. iii i Chronicles to Esther, vol. iv job to Song of Solomon, vol. v Isaiah to Lamentations, vol. vi Ezekiel to Malachi). The dedication to vol. i shows that that volume was written after 1604, when Dr. Bridges published his similar translation of the Gospels, but before the a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
6 items

17. Royal MS 2 E XIII-XIV

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Royal MS 2 E XIII-XIV
Title:
2 E. xiii, xiv 'BREVIARIUM sancti Hieronimi praesbiteri in Psalterio cf. description Of 2 D. xxxiii. Imperfect, wanting the commentary on Psalms ci-cl. Vellum; ff. i+121, i+136. 13 in. x9 1/4 in. Late X cent.; the last two leaves of xiii and the last leaf of XIV in a hand of XII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves ; the earlier quires are lettered at the end(a-g and i),and marked 'cor[rectus]'. Originally two volumes, each containing the commentary on fifty Psalms; the third part, containing the la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 10th century-12th century
Extent:
2 items

18. Royal MS 3 E I-V

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Royal MS 3 E I-V
Title:
3 E. i-v OLD TESTAMENT, in Latin, of S. jerome's version; with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses. The prologues of S. Jerome are prefixed to the several books. Five volumes. Gatherings of 10 leaves, with catchwords. Sec. fol. '-ram spiritualem'. Small miniature-initials are prefixed to each book, and at the beginning of Genesis (3 E 1, f. 3) is a fine border with a large I with miniatures of the Creation and Crucifixion (see PI. 33). Coloured paragraphmarks and flourished initial...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
5 items

19. Royal MS 3 E X-XI

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Royal MS 3 E X-XI
Title:
3 E. x, xi COMMENTARIES on the Four Gospels, the Catholic Epistles, and the Apocalypse, in Latin, by Nicholas de Gorram [al. Gorran, d. 1295]. In two volumes. Vol, i contains the commentaries on (i) S. Matthew, beg. 'Presens prologus in tres partes diuiditur'. f. 1;- (2) S. John, beg. 'Huic autem euangelio Ieronimus'. f. 81;-(3) the Apocalypse, beg. 'Vidit Iacob in sompnis'. f. 173;-(4) the Catholic Epistles, beg. 'Missesunt epistole ex regis nomille'. f. 187. Vol. ii contains those on (i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
2 items

20. Royal MS 4 D I-III

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Royal MS 4 D I-III
Title:
4 D. i- iii GOSPELS OF SS. MATTHEW, MARK, AND JOHN, in Latin, of S. Jerome's version; with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses. Preceded by the usual prologues. Three volumes. Vellum; ff. 103, 62, 80. 1 ft. 2.5/8 in. x 9.1/2 in. XII~XIII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves. Sec. fol. '-uit ad'. Handsomely written (see Pl. 36), with good illuminated initials at the beginning of each prologue and book and narrative of the Passion, also at the beginning of the Lord's Prayer in S. Matthew (vol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12th century-13th century
Extent:
3 items