A text entitled 'Modus acquirendi sapientiam', incipit: 'Volentibus parvenire ad sapientiam'. Added note, incipit: 'Opto illud in contingere' (f. 103r-103v).
One of several notebooks used by Richard Symonds, royalist soldier and antiquary, during his visit to Italy 1649-1651. Consists of rough notes on churches, and some ancient monuments in Rome and Padua, with ink and chalk sketches. The pages are unnumbered, unlike Symonds’ other notebooks, and ma...
One of several notebooks used by Richard Symonds, royalist soldier and antiquary, during his visit to Italy 1649-1651. This notebook, which covers a period from November 1648, before the journey, to December 1651, consists of notes on personal affairs, his travel in France and Italy, with observ...
Notebook of Richard Symonds containing movements of the royal army, August 1645 – February following, and church notes
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Notebook of Richard Symonds written while accompanying the King and the royal army from 17 August 1745 to 11 February. Symonds notes the progress of the army and principal events. Title page: ‘A Continuation of the Marchings and Actions of the Royall Army, his Ma[jes]tie being personally prese...
Statutes from the reigns of Edward III and Richard II
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Contents: ff. 3r-11v: 'Capitula Statutorum Regis Edward Tercij'. ff. 11v-14v: 'Capitula Statutorum Regis Ricardi Secundi'; ending: 'Plus in fine libri' (reference to f. 256v). ff. 15r-181v: Statutes of 1-50 Edward III (1327–1377); written in French. ff. 181v-257r: Statutes of 1-13 Richard...
Contents: ff. 1r-248r: Nova statuta, including Hengham Magna (ff. 191v-229v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1r-1v). Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Rubrics in red.
ff. 1r-86v: Vetera Statuta. ff. 87r-106v: Nova Statuta (Statutes of Edward III only). ff. 107r-169r: Novae Narrationes. ff. 170r-304r: Registrum brevium from the royal chancery of Edward III () with added texts and notes (ff. 304v-309r).