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Place London, England Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-) Level [40] File

1. Add Ch 19858

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 19858
Title:
Letter of Anne of Woodstock, countess of Stafford, appointing John Harper as her steward
Scope & Content:
Letter of Anne of Woodstock (b. c. 1382, d. 1438), countess of Stafford, Buckingham, Hereford and Northampton, and lady of Brecknock, appointing John Harper (b. 1395, d. 1464) as her steward of Staffordshire; given at London, 15 July 1428. Affixed with a fragmentary seal, red, a quatrefoil loze...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1428
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton MS Otho B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho B II
Title:
Gregory the Great, Regula Pastoralis (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript from the 2nd half of the 10th or early 11th century was written in Old English, most likely by six scribes that were working in South-East England, perhaps London. The manuscript contains the Regula Pastoralis (Rule of Pastoral Care) by Pope Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Harley MS 4605

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4605
Title:
Christine de Pizan, Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r-v: Table of contents to Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie, with a rubric beginning, 'Cy commence la table des rubriches du livre des fais darmes & de chevalerie le quel dit livre est parti en quatre parties' (f. 2r); the main text beginning, 'La premiere partie de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1434
Extent:

1 volume

4. Lansdowne MS 420

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 420
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illuminated Psalter that was most likely produced in the diocese of London in the 1220s. The manuscript’s style of decoration appears to be influenced by contemporary French Psalters (Morgan, Early Gothic Manuscripts (1982), pp. 86-87). Of special interest are the man...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1220s
Extent:

1 volume

5. Lansdowne MS 441

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 441
Title:
Indenture between Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an original indenture between Margaret Beaufort (b. 1443, d. 1509), Countess of Richmond and mother of King Henry VII (r. 1485-1509), and John Islip (b. 1464, d. 1532), Abbot of Westminster Abbey, concerning the foundation and support for her chantry, made on 2 March 150...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2 Mar 1506
Extent:

1 volume

6. Topham Ch 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Topham Ch 19
Title:
Receipt of Dorothy Comberford, abbess of the Minoresses of St Clare without Aldgate, London, for the lease of the rectory of Hartington
Scope & Content:
Receipt by Dorothy Comberford, abbess of the Abbey of the Minoresses of St Clare without Aldgate, London, confirming she and the convent had received from George [Talbot] (1468-1538), earl of Shropshire [Shrewsbury], £26 30s 4d, for the lease of the rectory of Hartington, Derbyshire, and the hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1526
Extent:
1 leaf