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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Name Henry VI, King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1421-1471 Level [40] File

1. 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.

2. Royal MS 15 E VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 E VI
Title:
Poems and Romances (the ''Talbot Shrewsbury book'')
Scope & Content:
A collection of fifteen romances, chivalric treatises, instructional texts, chronicles and statutes compiled as a gift to Margaret of Anjou, on her betrothal to Henry VI, from the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who escorted her to England for the marriage in 1444. The contents are as follows: f. 1v: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1444-1445
Extent:
1 volume