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281. 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.

282. 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.

283. 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.

284. 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.

285. 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.

286. 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.

287. Royal MS 2 B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VIII
Title:
Scope & Content:
PSALTER, with Office of the Dead, &c., in Latin; bound with later astronomical tables and calendar. Contents:- 1. Astronomical calendar, for the meridian of Oxford, by John Somour, al. Somer, a Franciscan. In the preface the author states that he composed the work for Joan, Princess of Wal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

288. Royal MS 2 B X

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B X
Title:
Scope & Content:
PSALTER, in Latin, preceded bya Calendar, probably of London origin, having the two feasts of S. Erkenwald in red, and followed by (twelve?) Canticles. Sarum antiphons. Imperfect by the loss of leaves at the end, breaking off in the tenth canticle (the Magnificat); and two leaves with miniatures...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

289. Royal MS 2 B XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B XI
Title:
Scope & Content:
MANUAL, in Latin, of Sarum use. Imperfect, and perhaps made up of parts of two or more manuals. Articles 1-7, four quires and one leaf, are continuous, but the Offices of the Dead are in other hands, and the Sponsalia again in a separate quire written in long lines in a hand distinct from the ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

290. Royal MS 2 B XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B XII
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. I. ff. 30. A.D. 1508.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1508
Extent:
1 item

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