f. 47* is an inserted letter from Francis Gouldman (d.1688?) to John Pearson (1613-1686), Bishop of Chester. ff. 1, 40 are annotated by James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh.
Contents: ff. 1r-201r: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (b. AD 39, d. AD 65), also known as Lucan, Pharsalia or De Bello Civili (On the Civil War), some sections with interlinear and marginal glosses.
This manuscript contains copies of the Comoediae (Comedies) of the Roman African playwright Publius Terentius Afer (b. c. 195/185, d. c. 159 BC), commonly known as Terence. Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Terence, Andria; ff. 39r-81v: Terence, Eunuchus; ff. 8v-121v: Terence, Heauton Timorumenos; f...
Register of the Tregoze family and the manor of Goring
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Various documents related to the Tregoze family and the manor of Goring including the register of contents of the manor of Goring in the 14th year of King Edward II's reign (1321). ff. 1r–6v: Extent of the manor of Goring as of 10 January 1321. ff. 7r–22r: Tenants at Goring. ff. 23r–34r: Serf...
A treatise on the institution and discipline of a soldier
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Contents: ff. 1r-96r: The ‘institucion and dysepline of a souldier gathered oute of dyverse auntyent histories very necessarye to be perused in theis perilous tymes of all good harttes and worthye myndes’.
Accounts of works and repairs on royal buildings June-November 1664
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Accounts for works and repairs on royal buildings in London, Greenwich and Hampton Court, June-November 1664. Subscribed by Sir John Dinham, Royal Surveyor, and other officers, Bound together, but originally separate. f. 1* Note of receipt from Bernard Dickenson, February 1665. ff. 1-2: Char...
Bible, without the Psalms, with the Interpretation of Hebrew Names
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Contents: ff. 1v-149r: Bible, without the Psalms, with the Interpretation of Hebrew Names. The Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 2r-12v) features between the prologue to Genesis (f. 1v) and Genesis (ff. 13r-20r). The manuscript contains a few later additions: Marginal annotations throughout...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Account of the 1623 papal conclave; legal documents concerning taxes
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This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were written separately. The first part (ff. 1-130) contains an Italian account of the 1623 papal conclave in which Urban VIII was elected. The second part (ff. 131-161r) contains legal documents concerning taxes, dating to 1465-1466. Co...
Goffredo di Trani, Summa super titulis Decretalium (in five books)
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Contents: ff. 1*-2*: Added table of contents. ff. 1r-192r: Goffredo di Trani, Summa super titulis Decretalium (in five books). A blank leaf after f. 190. Decoration: Tables of consanguinity in red and blue (ff. 141r, 142v). 5 large initials in colours and gold, most with zoomorphic decora...