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22. Royal MS 12 C XIX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 12 C XIX
- Title:
- Bestiary with theological texts
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript is a direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see Two East Anglian Picture Books: A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh Club, 1988), p. 5, who characterises...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1200-c 1210
- Extent:
-
1 volume
23. Royal MS 13 B VIII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 B VIII
- Title:
- Anthology of texts on topography, history and marvels of the world
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript includes an anthology of texts on topography, history and marvels of the world, relating to Ireland and Wales. Contents: 1. Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica) (ff. 1r-34v); 2. Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica (ff. 34v-74r); 3. Gerald of Wales...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1196-1223
- Extent:
-
147 folios.
24. Royal MS 14 B V
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 B V
- Title:
- Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: A roll chronicle containing the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I as a king (1272-1307), but without portraits of his children, in the form of a diagram of interconnected roundels with portraits of kings in colours and gold, and an accompanying commentary...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and French
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
1 roll
25. Royal MS 14 B VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 B VI
- Title:
- Genealogical roll of the kings of England
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: A roll chronicle containing the genealogy of the Kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England from 1272, in the form of a diagram of interconnected roundels with royal portraits in colours and gold, and an accompanying commentary. Incipit: 'Par ce...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and French
- Date Range:
- c 1300-c 1340
- Extent:
-
1 roll
26. Royal MS 14 C VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 C VII
- Title:
- Matthew Paris, Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript includes two autograph copies of historical works by Matthew Paris with prefatory material: 1. Maps and other prefatory material including a diagram of Winds, the Itinerary from London to the Holy Land, Easter tables and a calendar (ff. 1v-8r); 2. Matthew Paris, Historia Angloru...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1250-1259
- Extent:
-
232 folios.
27. Royal MS 14 E I vol 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 E I vol 1
- Title:
- Vincent of Beauvais, translated by Jean de Vignay, Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale), books 1-5
- Scope & Content:
- The first volume (books 1-9) of Le miroir historiale, (32 books in total) is now bound in two parts, foliated separately, of which this manuscript is part 1 and contains books 1-5 with a table of contents of book 6. Part 2 is Royal MS 14 E I, vol 2 and contains books 6-9. The original Latin work...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1479-1480
- Extent:
-
The first part of a parchment codex bound in two volumes
28. Royal MS 14 E I vol 2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 E I vol 2
- Title:
- Vincent of Beauvais, translated by Jean de Vignay, Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 6-9
- Scope & Content:
- The first volume (books 1-9) of Le miroir historiale, (32 books in total) is now bound in two parts, foliated separately of which this manuscript is part 2 and contains books 6-9. Part 1 contains books 1-5 and the table of contents of book 6. The original Latin work, the Speculum Historiale was ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1479-1480
- Extent:
-
The second part of a parchment codex bound in two volumes
29. Royal MS 14 E III
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 E III
- Title:
- Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu
- Scope & Content:
- The present manuscript contains the three texts from the Lancelot-Grail Prose Cycle: Estoire del Saint Graal, incomplete, incipit (f. 3r):' Chil ki la hauteche:..', breaking off (f.88v) at: 'en a touchier a ses..'; La Queste del Saint Graal, incipit (ff. 89r) 'A la veille de pentecouste...' and ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Old
- Date Range:
- c 1315-1325
- Extent:
-
1 volume
30. Royal MS 15 E IV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 15 E IV
- Title:
- Jean de Wavrin, Recueil des croniques et anciennes istoires de la Grant Bretaigne, vol. 1
- Scope & Content:
- The first volume of the Recueil des croniques et anciennes istoires de la Grant Bretaigne (Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre)by Jean de Wavrin, Seigneur de Forestel, contains a chronicle of British history from its mythical origins up to the reign of Edward II. This copy has been bound in two s...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1471-1483
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex bound as 2 separate volumes