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21. Yates Thompson MS 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 53
Title:
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
Scope & Content:
A collection of modern papers removed from other Yates Thompson MSS. Contents: [ir-iir]: Table of contents. ff. 1r-3r: A 1453 bond by Jean, Bastard of Orleans, count of Dunois and of Longueville, to Bertrand de Beauvais, for 200 crowns, with a 1469 and notarial certificate of receipt (ff. 1r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1453-1928
Extent:
1 volume

22. Yates Thompson MS 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 15
Title:
Psalter and Hours, Use of Arras
Scope & Content:
Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Arras, with prayers added in the mid-14th century (ff. 1v-3v). ff. 4r, 16v-17r, 196v, 329r-330v, 388v are blank. Decoration: The manuscript belongs to a wider group attributed to a workshop active in Arras at the end of the 13th century (see Randall , Medieva...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
1 volume

23. Yates Thompson MS 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 37
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Bourges
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar (ff. 1r-12v). The text ends imperfectly, a rubric and a catchword have been erased on f. 198v. Note of S. C. Cockerell comparing use to BL Harley 2952 (erased); Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 1151; BL Add. 32454 [book of hours of the 1st hal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1405-1410
Extent:
1 volume

24. Yates Thompson MS 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 24
Title:
Pontifical, Use of Mende ('The Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus')
Scope & Content:
A collection of ceremonies conducted by bishops and other senior priests, often with musical notation. Contents: f. 1v: Added notes by a bishop of Comminges, 16th century. ff. 2r-3v: Table of contents. ff. 4r-76r: Rituals for ordaining, consecrating, and baptising. ff. 76r-158r: Rituals for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1390-1402
Extent:
1 volume

25. Yates Thompson MS 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 40
Title:
Psalter ('The Camaldoli Psalter'), with partial gloss
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Prayers to Christ and Mary. ff. 1v–7v: Calendar. ff. 8r–9r: Prayers. ff. 9v–134r: Psalter. ff. 134r–148v: Canticles. ff. 148v–150v: Litany. ff. 151r–184v: Prayers (some of those on ff. 183r–184v later additions). Decoration: 1 large full-page miniature of crucified Christ with Mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

26. Yates Thompson MS 54

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 54
Title:
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
Scope & Content:
A collection of over 100 papers and letters to Henry Yates Thompson removed from other Yates Thompson MSS, mostly from museums and libraries in England and abroad offering provenance information, translations, and commentaries on his manuscript collection. Includes letters from M. R. James (15r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
1 volume

27. Yates Thompson MS 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 1
Title:
Bible, with prologues and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names ('The Fécamp Bible')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. ii recto: Partial index of readings, added in the 13th century. ff. 1r-4v: Jerome’s preface to the Vulgate. ff. 4v-524v: Bible. ff. 525r-572v: Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (Interpretations of Hebrew Names), an alphabetical list of Hebrew names found in the Bible, with a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

28. Yates Thompson MS 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 5
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Tilliot Hours')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. [iii] recto: Notes on the purchase of the manuscript from Jean-Bénigne Lucotte, seigneur du Tilliot. ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r-v: Suffrage to the Trinity (using masculine forms). ff. 9r-12v: Gospel extracts. ff. 13r-19v: Passion narrative (John 18:1-19:42) and a prayer ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

29. Yates Thompson MS 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 35
Title:
Jean Cuvelier, La Chanson de Bertrand du Guesclin
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of La Chanson de Bertrand du Guesclin, an epic poem in Middle French written by Jean Cuvelier, recounting the chivalric deeds of the French hero, Bertrand du Guesclin (b. 1320, d. 1380), Breton knight and military commander during the Hundred Years War. The manusc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1380-1392
Extent:
1 volume

30. Yates Thompson MS 49/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 49/1
Title:
Jean de Vignay, La Légende Dorée, Volume I
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of two volumes containing Jean de Vignay's La Légende Dorée, a Middle French translation of a popular collection of saints' lives known as the Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), originally compiled by Jacobus de Voragine (b. c. 1230, d. 1298). The second volume of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1470
Extent:
1 volume