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1. Arundel MS 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 16
Title:
Osbern of Canterbury, Vita Sancti Dunstani
Scope & Content:
Osbern, precentor of Christ Church, Canterbury, composed this version of the Vita Sancti Dunstani (Life of St Dunstan) between c.1089 and c.1093. This is thought to be the earliest of some twenty manuscripts of the text, and it may have been the original Christ Church copy (Alexander, Romanesque...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1090-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Otho A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho A VIII
Title:
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Uita sancte Mildrethe and Translatio sancte Mildrethe; Old English Life of St Machutus
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Otho A VIII was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731, leaving only 34 surviving leaves, which were subsequently bound out of their original order. An additional leaf from the manuscript (containing part of the Old English Life of St Machutus) is now bound separately as Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 641

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 641
Title:
Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De bello Troiano; Flores historiarum, attributed to John Bever; Martin of Troppau, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum; Richard de Ledrede, 'Account of the proceedings against Lady Alice Kyteler'
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two different parts (ff. 1-115 and ff. 118-206) that were bound together for Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650) in 1645. The first part of the manuscript (ff. 1-115) was written between the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 14th century, and contains De bello ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Stowe MS 146

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 146
Title:
Royal orders and warrants, 1512-1515
Scope & Content:
Collection of original orders and warrants, chiefly by King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey, the King’s Almoner. Dating from between 1512 and 1515. Principally addressed to John Daunce, Treasurer for War. Concerning payments to English and foreign merchants for victualling the army in Spain, the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1512-1515
Extent:
1 volume