John Skelton, On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland
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John Skelton, On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland, an elegy on the death of Henry Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland, killed at Blackmoor Edge in 1489; title: 'Skelton laureat upon the dolorus dethe and muche lamentable chaunce of the mooste honorable Erle of Northumberlande'; preface inci...
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...
John Lydgate, The reignes of the kyngis of Englande
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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...
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...
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...
Proverbial and moral verses transcribed from the walls and ceilings of Percy's houses
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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...
The first of two volumes, the second of which is Royal MS 18 D X. The fourth volume is Royal MS 15 D I, but it was written previously and altered to include the arms of Edward IV. It is not known whether the third volume ever existed. It contains part of the second edition of the Bible Historial...
The second of two volumes, the first being Royal MS 18 D IX. The fourth volume in the set is Royal MS 15 D I, but it was written previously and altered to include the arms of Edward IV. It is not known whether the third volume ever existed. Contains the second edition of the Bible Historiale, a ...
The Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman with commentary and with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated into Anglo-Norman. The illuminations include 73 miniatures in colours and gold, the subjects of which are as follows: f. 1r, Paul preaching. f. 1v, John and representatives of the churches...
The manuscript includes eight works forming a compendium of the wonders of the East combined with crusading texts: ff. 1r-46r: Roman d'Alexandre en prose, entitled here La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, an anonymous translation into French of Leo of Naples, Historia de proeliis; rubric: ...
