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Project / Collection Royal Manuscripts Digitisation Project Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Level [41] Item

1. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 1r-66v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 1r-66v
Title:
Old Testament Cycle
Scope & Content:
Cycle of 223 tinted drawings, mostly two per page, illustrating Old Testament scenes from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Norman explanatory verses. Beginning, 'Coment lucifer chayit de ciel e devient diable e grant multitudo des angeles oues...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
66 folios.

2. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 67r-70v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 67r-70v
Title:
Full-page miniatures
Scope & Content:
Four full-page miniatures, some with Anglo-Norman captions and explanatory text. Each prophet (ff. 69v-70r) carries a scroll inscribed with verses (not always correctly assigned); each Apostle (ff. 69v-70r) carries a scroll inscribed with sections of the Creed. Decoration: f. 67v: Miniature of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:

4 folios.

3. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 71r-83v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 71r-83v
Title:
Calendar
Scope & Content:
Calendar, with each month occupying two pages, and accompanying miniatures of the signs of the Zodiac and labours of the month. Notable saints in the calendar include: 19 January: St Wulfstan. 2 March: St Cedda. 18 March: Edward the Confessor. 20 March: St Cuthbert. 3 April: St Richard. 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
13 folios.

4. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 84r-280r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 84r-280r
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Psalter, illustrated with miniatures of the Life of Christ, and bas-de-page scenes with images from the bestiary, legends of saints, and other sources (including hunting scenes). Descriptions: f. 84r: Inscription by Henry Manners, 2nd earl of Rutland (1526 - 1563), courtier and soldier, arrest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
196 folios.

5. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 280v-302r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 280v-302r
Title:
Canticles, with scenes from the Passion
Scope & Content:
Canticles, with scenes from the Passion of Christ and other miniatures. Decoration: f. 280v: Miniature of four scenes of the Resurrection in quatrefoils, with: (top left) Christ lying in the uncovered sepulchre, with soldiers apparently repulsing a disciple (perhaps Joseph of Arimathaea); (top...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
22 folios.

6. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 302v-318v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 302v-318v
Title:
Litany, with miniatures of saints and scenes from the Bible
Scope & Content:
Litany, with miniatures of saints, scenes from the Bible, and bas-de-page scenes. Decoration: f. 302v: Miniature of the Last Judgement, with an historiated initial 'R' of a group of bishops, and a bas-de-page scene of Paul giving a letter to a messenger. f. 303r: Two-register miniature of P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
17 folios.

7. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 319r-319v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 319r-319v
Title:
Later inscription by customs officer
Scope & Content:
Inscription by Customs Officer Baldwin Smith, who seized the manuscript in the course of his duties in October 1553 and presented it to Queen Mary Tudor: inscribed 'hunc librum nautis ad exteros transvehendum datu[m]: / spectatus et honestus vir Baldwinus Smithus Londini / a portoriis et vectigal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1553
Extent:
1 folio.

8. Royal MS 12 C VIII, ff 1v-3r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 12 C VIII, ff 1v-3r
Title:
Geoffrey Chambers, Dedication to Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
Geoffrey Chambers, Dedication to Henry VIII, title: 'Henrico octavo Britannicae Galliaeque regi invictissimo Gaufredus Chamber S. P'; incipit: 'Reversus in Patriam, id est Regnum tuum'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1509-c 1517
Extent:
3 folios.

9. Royal MS 12 C VIII, ff 3v-71r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 12 C VIII, ff 3v-71r
Title:
Pandolfo Collenuccio, Apologues
Scope & Content:
Pandolfo Collenuccio of Pesaro (d. 1504), Apologues, including four apologues or fables written in 1481, Agenoria (ff. 4r-29v), Misopenes (ff. 30v-58r), Alithia (ff. 58v-65r), and Bombarda (ff. 65r-71r). First printed together in Strassburg in 1511.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1509-c 1517
Extent:
69 folios.

10. Royal MS 12 C VIII, ff 71v-87v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 12 C VIII, ff 71v-87v
Title:
Lucian of Samosata, Dialogues
Scope & Content:
Lucian of Samosata (c. 125– after 180), Dialogues in the Latin translation by Titus Livius Guidoloctus of Urbino (15th century); title: 'Hic sequuntur Luciani dialogi tres interprete Livio Guidolocto Urbinate'. Includes three dialogues, De raptu Europae (ff. 71v-74v), Galene et Panope (ff. 74v-7...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1509-c 1517
Extent:
17 folios.

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