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1. Royal MS 4 E IX

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Royal MS 4 E IX
Title:
Peter Lombard, Magna glossatura in epistolas Pauli
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. 1160)'s Gloss on the Pauline Epistles or Magna glossatura. Peter Lombard developed the text in Paris in the second quarter of the 12th century during his teaching activities. It became one of the required readings of the faculty of Theolo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Royal MS 10 D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 10 D VIII
Title:
Gratian's Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria of Bartholomew of Brescia
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a thirteenth-century copy of Gratian's Decretum, a comprehensive compilation of canon law that includes decisions of Church councils, papal bulls, and excerpts from the Fathers of the Church, which was first composed in Bologna between 1139 and 1158. In addition to the D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Royal MS 16 G VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 G VII
Title:
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César; Li Fet des Romains
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 'Les anciennes hystoires romainnes' (The Ancient History of the Romans). The work consists of two separate texts: the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (Ancient History until Caesar) and Li Fet des Romains (The Acts of the Romans). The text of the Histoire ancienne compris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Royal MS 20 A IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 A IV
Title:
Martin de Brion, Tresample description de toute la Terre Saincte, prefaced with a dedication to Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
This volume is one of only three known manuscript copies of a historical geography of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, written by Martin de Brion, a relative of Philippe de Chabot (b. 1492, d. 1543), seigneur of Brion and Admiral of France. The work is a description of various sites of interest in th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1540
Extent:
1 volume

5. Royal MS 20 B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 B VI
Title:
Philippe de Mézières, Epistre au Roi Richart
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Epistre au Roi Richart (Letter to King Richard), written by Philippe de Mézières (b. c. 1327, d. 1405), a crusader, former tutor to Charles VI of France (r. 1380-1422), and counsellor to Charles V (r. 1364-1380), the King's father. By 1395, he had retired to the Cele...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1395
Extent:
1 volume

6. Royal MS 20 D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 D II
Title:
Le Roman de Tristan en prose
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the second part of Le Roman de Tristan en prose, attributed to Hélie de Borron (fl. 13th century), and written in Middle French prose. Contents: ff. 2r-315r: Le Roman de Tristan en prose, written in Middle French, imperfect at the beginning, lacking the fir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:

1 volume

7. Royal MS 20 D VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 D VI
Title:
A French legendary, comprising 57 saints' lives in prose, including some attributed to Wauchier de Denain
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a legendarium (legendary), or collection of saints' lives, a term which derives its name from the Latin word legenda 'things to be read'. The text is written in prose and represents one of over 30 French prose legendaries to survive from the 13th and 14th centuries. The text...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume