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1. Add MS 19399

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 19399
Title:
Royal and noble autographs, 1646-1768
Scope & Content:
Original letters, bills of privy seal, orders of Privy Council, and other documents, bearing the autograph signatures of royal and noble people, principally of England. Between 1646 and 1768. f. 1r-1v: Letter from the Parliamentary Commissioners to William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Com...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Royal MS 1 B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 B VII
Title:
Gospel-book ('The Royal Athelstan Gospels')
Scope & Content:
The four Gospels, in Jerome's translation. Detailed contents: (1) Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, incipit: 'Nouum opus facere', f. 1r; (2) Prologue to Jerome's commentary on Matthew's Gospel, incipit: 'Plures fuisse', f. 2v; (3) Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Eusebius Carpiano...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
700-749
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Royal MS 1 C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 C VII
Title:
The Rochester Bible
Scope & Content:
Part of a Bible containing the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and Kings, according to the Vulgate of Jerome. The New Testament section of this manuscript is now Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, MS W. 18; the remainder of the Old Testament section has not survived. Contents: ff. i-vi: added lea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Royal MS 1 D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D IX
Title:
Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the four Gospels, preceded by: Epistle of Jerome to Pope Damasus I, incipit: 'Novum opus facere' (ff. 1r-2v); an extract from Jerome's commentary on Matthew, incipit: 'Plures fuisse' (ff. 2v-3v); Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Ammonius quidem' (ff. 3v-4v); pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 11th century-c 1020
Extent:

150 + 11 folios.

5. Royal MS 1 D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D VIII
Title:
Codex Alexandrinus (Gregory-Aland 02), Bible in four volumes: Volume 4 (New Testament)
Scope & Content:
Volume 4 of 4 (see also Royal MSS 1 D. v-vii). New Testament. All the books have superscriptions and colophons. The Eusebian canons and Ammonian sections are indicated in the margins of the Gospels, and the κεφάλαια appear as running heads at the top of the Gospel pages. Contents: 1. (f. 1v)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex; 144 folios

6. Royal MS 1 D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D X
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Psalter with a calendar (ff. 9r-14r); canticles (ff. 125r-137r): Isaiah 12, 2; Isaiah 38, 10-20; 1 Kings 2, 1-10; Exodus 15, 1-19; Habakkuk 3; Deuteronomy 32, 1- 43; Te Deum; Benedicite; Benedictus; Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis; Gloria in excelsis; Quicumque vult; Magnificat (repeated); Nunc Dimitt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-c 1220
Extent:

139 folios.

7. Royal MS 1 E IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 E IX
Title:
Bible (the 'Big Bible' or the 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names
Scope & Content:
Bible, in Latin, of St Jerome's version with the Gospel of Nicodemus. Produced in England (probably London) during the first quarter of the fifteenth century. The manuscript is also known as the Bible of Richard II, but Richard's ownership questioned by Krochalis 1988 and Scott 1996 on chronolog...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex.

8. Royal MS 1 E VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 E VI
Title:
Gospels (the 'Royal Bible')
Scope & Content:
Gospels, Jerome's version, imperfect, with several missing leaves. The numeration of quires running from lxxx to lxxxviii suggests that the manuscript was a part of an integral Bible. Contents: 1v: A purple-stained incipit page with an inscription in gold and silver letters relating to a minia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 77 folios.

9. Royal MS 2 A XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 A XVIII
Title:
Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours')
Scope & Content:
The Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours is a composite volume composed of two parts produced in different periods, as well as added texts on the flyleaves. It evolved into its present form during the 15th century. Part 1, the earliest portion of the manuscript, is a series of 24 leaves containing suffrag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1401-c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

10. Royal MS 2 B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII
Title:
Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')
Scope & Content:
Psalter, in Latin, with preceding Old Testament cycle and calendar, followed by Canticles, Litanies, and prayers. Contents: ff. 1r-66v: Cycle of 223 tinted drawings illustrating Old Testament scenes, from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:

1 volume