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Name Cobham, Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, c 1400-1452 Level [40] File

1. Cotton MS Vitellius F VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F VII
Title:
Ancrene Riwle; Purgatory, Hell and Heaven; The Utility of Temptations; Le Pasturel Gregoire; prayers and meditations in Anglo-Norman French
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early Anglo-Norman French translation of the Ancrene Riwle (also known as Ancrene Wisse), an anonymous monastic rule (or manual) for anchoresses, originally composed in Middle English for three sisters who chose to enter the contemplative life. 17 surviving medieval...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Sloane MS 248

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 248
Title:
Scope & Content:
Lodaycus Tetrafarmatus: Albucasis Antidotarium, translatum per: 15th cent. Abú Al-Kásim Khalaf Ibn 'Abbas, Al-Zahrawi: Antidotarium per L. Tetrafarmacum e lingua Arabica translatum: 15th cent. includes: f. 1 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: Household accompt at Leicester and Pomfret: 15th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item