This manuscript of Poggio Bracciolini's De Nobilitate Vera was completed on 27 September 1446 (f. 18v). Contents: Poggio Bracciolini (b. 1380, d. 1459): De Nobilitate Vera (About True Nobility).
Taxatio Beneficiorum Ecclesiasticorum authoritate Papae Nicholae Quarti; bills, inventories and indentures related to the belongings of colleges and chantries
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Contents: ff. 1r-81v: Taxatio Beneficiorum Ecclesiasticorum authoritate Papae Nicholae Quarti facta A. D. 1291 H. 20. E.i; written in the 16th century. ff. 84r-91v: An 'Inventorie [...] of all the Plate and Juelles of all the the Colliges, Chauntries, Freechappelles, Fraternities, Brotherhedds...
Henrik Jansen Van Barrefelt [Hiël], A Short Instruction according to the Being
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Contents: ff. 1r-50r: Henrik Jansen Van Barrefelt [Hiël] (b. c. 1520, d. c. 1594), ‘A Short Instruction according to the Being By Hiel’; beginning ‘Loving disciples of the uniforme Spirit of Christ; I Hiel have by the helpe Command and mind of god; pointed out the true uniforme Spirit of Chris...
Collection of chronicles, letters, and charters relating to England and York Cathedral
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A collection of historical texts probably belonging to York Cathedral Priory or a member of the chapter, as indicated by the focus on York and its cathedral in several of these texts. ff. 1v-8r: annals from AD 1-1122, after c. 500 mostly focused on events in England, Latin. f. 9r: various insc...
Hans Lencker, Perspectiva (Nuremberg: Gerlass, 1571); German treatises on gauging and perspective
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Contents: ff. 1r-36r: A printed work by Hans Lencker, Perspectiva: Hierinnen auffs kürtzte beschrieben / mit exempeln eröffnet und an tag gegeben wird / ein newer besonder kurtzer / doch gerechter unnd sehr leichter weg / wie allerley ding/ es seyen Corpora / Gebew / oder was möglich zu erdenck...
Roman martyrology; lectionary for the use of Crutched Friars; an astronomical treatise
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Contents: ff. 2r-86v: Roman martyrology (Martyrologium romanum); imperfect at the beginning. ff. 86v-88v: Lectionary for the use of Crutched Friars; imperfect at the end. ff. 89r-101v: Astronomical work, identified as 'Liber computi Magistri boni', including headings such as 'Tractatus de s...
Chroniques abrégées, also known as The 'Manual' of Philip VI of France
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Contents: ff. 1r-144v: Chroniques abrégées, also known as The 'Manual' of Philip VI of France, compiled from the Speculum historiale of Vincent of Beauvais and sometimes attributed to a monk of Saint-Denis, beginning: '[L]a cause afait ceste compilacion'. Decoration: Rubrics in red. Marginal ...
John Ashendon, Summa judicialis de accidentibus mundi; patent letters and fines, 1422/3-1426/7
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Contents: ff. 1r-98v, 100r-135v: John Ashendon, Summa judicialis de accidentibus mundi. ff. 99r-99v: a fragment from a 15th-century ?French manuscript on Roman history (?) formerly used as a flyleaf to the text starting on f. 100r. ff. 136r-383r: patent letters and fines from 1422/3 to 1426/7...