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1671. Stowe MS 940

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Stowe MS 940
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EXTRACTS from the Textus Roffensis, containing many articles Dot printed in Hearne's edition; copied in imitation of the ancient writing by James Smith (described at f. 21 as " puer decennis "), and collated with the original by William and Elizabeth Elstob in 1712. At f. 2 is a list by Dr. Samu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712
Extent:
1 item

1672. Stowe MS 941

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Stowe MS 941
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"REGISTRUM cartarum Sacristarie sancti Neoti factum ad festum Annunciacionis Sancte Marie Anno incarnacionis domini mo co octogesimo sexto, tempore fratris Willelmi le Caron de Becco tunc Sacriste." The charters are ninety-nine in number, and refer exclusively to the Sacristary of the Priory of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1286
Extent:
1 item

1673. Stowe MS 942

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Stowe MS 942
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CHARTULARY of the Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr in Southwark. Latin and English. The deeds are entered, not chronologically, but according to the parishes in which the lands concerned are situated, and include conveyances of the several estates between private persons, before they came into ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

1674. Stowe MS 943

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Stowe MS 943
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"REGISTRUM cartarum Prioratus de Stone in comitatu Staffordiæ": a transcript, made in 1734 by David Casley, librarian of the Cotton Library, from Cotton MS. Vespasian E. xxiv., formerly belonging to Christopher, Lord Hatton (see Dugdale, Monasticon, vi. 1830, p. 226). Cotton Ch. xiii. 6 contains...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1734
Extent:
1 item

1675. Stowe MS 944

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Stowe MS 944
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Liber vitae ('The New Minster Liber Vitae')
Scope & Content:
The core of this volume is a Liber vitae consisting of lists of names of brethren and benefactors of the New Minster, Winchester, recorded for commendation to God during daily mass, combined originally with a Gospel Lectionary, and supplemented with several historical texts. Contents: ff. 1r-5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1031-1771
Extent:

1 volume

1676. Stowe MS 945

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Stowe MS 945
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WILL of Alfred the Great, in Anglo-Saxon, copied from No. 944 above (f. 29 b), when in T. Astle's possession; with introduction and notes, and translations into English and Latin, by O[wen] M[anning],1776 (see f.18). Published at Oxford,1788. Followed (f. 19) by the will of Alfred the Alderman (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1677. Stowe MS 946

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Stowe MS 946
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REGULA Canonicorum S. Chrodegangi Metensis Episcopi, in Latin and Anglo-Saxon. Transcript of a MS. of the xith century at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (S. 12 in Wanley's catalogue of Anglo-Saxon MSS. at C. C. C., p. 130, contained in Hickes's Thesaurus, vol. ii.; and no. cxci. in Nasmith's ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1678. Stowe MS 947

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Stowe MS 947
Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose
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Content: The Roman de la Rose was begun by Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1230) and continued by Jean de Meun approximately forty years later. ff. 1r-155v: beginning: 'Maintes gens dient/ Que en songes/ Na se fables non/ Et menconges/ Mais len puet tel/ Songes songier/ Qui ne sont mie mencongier/ Ain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

1679. Stowe MS 947-980

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Stowe MS 947-980
Title:
CLASS XXI. POETRY, AND PROSE DRAMA.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Icelandic, Latin, Spanish, and Welsh
Date Range:
15th century-18th century
Extent:
34 items

1680. Stowe MS 948

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Stowe MS 948
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Scope & Content:
HYMN to the Virgin, in French, preceded by a calendar in a different hand. Imperfect at the beginning, the first line being, "Durement fu trauaile" (f. 8 b), and wanting leaves after ff. 9, 10. The several divisions remaining begin, "Deu te salt uirgine honore" (f. 9 b), "Virge mere preciouse" (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

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