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281. Royal MS 18 D II, ff 167r-180v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D II, ff 167r-180v
Title:
Le assemble de dyeus
Scope & Content:
Le assemble de dyeus, an anonymous poem, attributed to John Lydgate in the 17th-century table of contents (f. 1r) and listed as 'The Discord betwixt Reason and Sensualytie written by Jhon Lydgate', but it is not Lydgate's poem 'Resoun and Sensuallyts'. Also attributed to Lydgate by Wynkyn de Wor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1516-1527
Extent:
14 folios + 1 blank unfoliated folio.

282. Royal MS 18 D II, ff 181r-183r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D II, ff 181r-183r
Title:
John Lydgate, The reignes of the kyngis of Englande
Scope & Content:
John Lydgate, The reignes of the kyngis of Englande, a history in verse covering the period from William the Conqueror to Henry VI and continued by anonymous editors to Henry VIII. Prefatory stanza incipit: 'In this litill tretis men may se and be indusyde To the reyngne of the kingis of Ingland...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1516-1527
Extent:
3 folios.

283. Royal MS 18 D II, ff 183v-185v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D II, ff 183v-185v
Title:
The blsyoure of the arms of kyngis
Scope & Content:
Description of the arms of various kings, entitled 'The blsyoure of the arms of kyngis', including the arms of the city of Jerusalem, the three kings of Cologne, Prester John, the Emperor of Constantinople, and other Christian and non-Christian monarchs. Title: 'The armes of certayne kyngis cris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1516-1527
Extent:
3 folios.

284. Royal MS 18 D II, ff 186r-195

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D II, ff 186r-195
Title:
William Peeris, Descent of the Lords Percy
Scope & Content:
William Peeris, Descent of the Lords Percy, a chronicle of the Percy family, composed in c. 1516-1523. Chronicle in verse (97 stanzas, usually of rhyme royal, but longer stanzas occur irregularly), entitled, 'Here begynnythe the prolouge of this litle treatyse folowinge, whiche is the discente o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1516-1527
Extent:
10 folios.

285. Royal MS 18 D II, ff 195v-211v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D II, ff 195v-211v
Title:
Proverbial and moral verses transcribed from the walls and ceilings of Percy's houses
Scope & Content:
Proverbial and moral verses transcribed from the walls and ceilings of Percy's houses, Leconfield and Wressel castles, two Yorkshire seats of the family (see Dickens 1955). The proverbis of the garett over the bayne at Kekingfelde' (sic); incipit: 'The sermountynge pleasure who can expresse' (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1516-1527
Extent:
11 folios.

286. Royal MS 19 D III, ff 1r-288v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 D III, ff 1r-288v
Title:
Bible Historiale, Volume 1, with prefaces and additional material
Scope & Content:
A summary of the contents: Translator's prologue: rubric: 'Cy com[m]ence le prologue du translateur qui translate et mist de latin en francois la bible hystorial selons les hystoires scolastiques.'; incipit : 'Pource que le dyable...' (f. 1r); explicit: 'Et en lan de grace mil CC xxIIII et XVII...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1411
Extent:

The first volume of a parchment codex bound in 2 volumes

287. Royal MS 19 D III, ff 289r-604v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 D III, ff 289r-604v
Title:
Bible historiale, Volume 2, with additional material including Saints' lives
Scope & Content:
A summary of the contents: Proverbs to Maccabees (ff. 289r-450v): rubric: ‘Cy com[m]ence la seconde partie principale de la bible qui parle de sapience...’ (f. 289r); L'histoire de Jehan Hyrcan: rubric: 'Cy com[m]ence lystoire Iehan Hyrcan..'; incipit; 'Apres la mort Symon frere Iudas...'; ex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1411
Extent:

The second volume of a parchment codex bound in 2 volumes

288. Royal MS 19 D III, ff v-xi

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 D III, ff v-xi
Title:
Binding and flyleaves for volume 2 of the Bible Historiale, ff. 289r-604v
Scope & Content:
This section corresponds to the binding and flyleaves for volume 2 of the Bible Historiale.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1411
Extent:
4 folios of flyleaves and binding

289. Royal MS 20 A III, ff 1-120

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 A III, ff 1-120
Title:
Gossuin de Metz, L'Image du Monde
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1-120: Gossuin, or Gautier, de Metz (c. 1245), L'Image du monde, a French version of De imagine mundi by Honorius of Autun, divided into two parts (the common division between Parts 2 and 3 of the text is not marked): ff. 1r-50r: Part I, a study of Creation and science from a hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1342
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex

290. Royal MS 20 A III, ff 121-236

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 A III, ff 121-236
Title:
Prose Brut chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: Prose Brut chronicle: ff. 121r-122v: Des Grantz Geants; ff. 122v-236r: Prose Brut (long version to 1333), with two lines lacking at the end; explicit, 'Et après la bataille les Engleis pristrent les espoilles des Escotz...'. The text is very similar to Dublin, Trinity College MS 50...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex

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