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Container Reference (shelfmark) Yates Thompson MS 1-59 Name Ashburnham, Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, 1797-1878 Level [40] File

1. Yates Thompson MS 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 13
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, use of Sarum, with saints in blue, red, mauve and gold. Besides the usual Sarum saints are included the feasts of Dominic (30 May), Botolph (17 June), Mildred (13 July), Paulinus (10 October), Ethelburga of Barking (11 October), the Translation of Wilfred (12 Oct...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Yates Thompson MS 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 14
Title:
Psalter (The 'St Omer Psalter')
Scope & Content:
Psalter, known as the 'St Omer Psalter', begun in c. 1330-c. 1340 for a member of St Omer family of Mulbarton, Norfolk, but left unfinished. The calendar and large portions of the text are 15th-century additions (ff. 1r-6v, 95r-103v, 128r-153v, 168r-173r). This later work was probably completed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1330-c 1440
Extent:

1 volume

3. Yates Thompson MS 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 19
Title:
Brunetto Latini, Li Livres dou Trésor
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Li Livres dou Trésor (The Book of the Treasure), written by the Florentine philosopher, notary, and statesman Brunetto Latini (b. c. 1220, d. 1294) during his exile in France between 1260 and 1266. The Trésor is an encyclopaedic work, notable as one of the firs...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Yates Thompson MS 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 21
Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, Roman de la Rose; Le Pèlerinage de mestre Jehan de Meung; le Testament
Scope & Content:
Content: Le pèlerinage de Jehan de Meun (ff. 1r-2v) is an addition in a later hand of the first quarter of the sixteenth century. This is likely an abridged and reworking version of Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine, a moralizing poem by Guillaume de Diguleville written in 1330. The Roman de la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1380-1390
Extent:

1 volume

5. Yates Thompson MS 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 29
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Bonaparte Ghislieri', or 'The Albani Hours')
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome, the 'Hours of Bonaparte Ghislieri'; formerly known as 'The Albani Hours'. The manuscript includes: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13r-14r: Psalm 90. ff. 16r-73v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome. ff. 75r-100r: Hours of the Virgin for Advent and Christmas. ff. 101-10...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

6. Yates Thompson MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 30
Title:
Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar; ff. 14r-58v: Hours of the Virgin; ff. 61r-63r: Mass of the Virgin; ff. 67r-74r: Seven Penitential Psalms; ff. 74r-80v: Litany; ff. 83r-109v: Office of the Dead; ff. 112r-114v: Office of the Holy Cross; ff. 118r-121v: Gradual Psalms. There are blank folio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1500-1510
Extent:

1 volume