Contents: ff. 1*r-1*v: a fragment from an unidentified scientific text written in a 13th-century hand. ff. 1r-56v: Helperic of Auxerre, Computus. Decoration: Initials in blue or red, some with foliate motifs.
Contents: ff. 4r-25r: 'Nove ordinaciones' from the reign of Edward II. ff. 26r-37v: 'Magna Carta'. ff. 37v-43r: 'Carta de Foresta'. ff. 43r-48v: 'Statuta de Merton'. ff. 48v-61r: 'Statuta de Marlebrigges'. ff. 61r-84r: 'Prima statuta Westmonasterii'. ff. 84r-89v: 'Statuta de Gloucester'...
Martyrdom of Margaret of Antioch with prayers to various saints
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Contents: ff. 1r-34v: Passion of Margaret of Antioch, entitled: 'Incipit Passio Beate Margarate', and the incipit: 'Post resurrectionem domini nostri Ihesu Christi et gloriosam ascensionem eius in celum ad deum patrem ominpotentem'. ff. 34v-398v: Prayers to St Margaret of Antioch, the Virgin M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Contents: ff. 1r-20v: Notes on Logic (Latin). The manuscript contains several later additions: Inside of the upper cover: Lists of payments for various products to ‘Mr Bysh.’, dated to January 1697. f. 1r: A list of names of persons who have been paid. ff. 21r-21v: A list of payments, da...
Contents: ff. 1r-113v ( + the insides of the upper and lower cover): Medical recipes in Latin; with an English recipe at the beginning: ‘To Rectified Sp[irit] of Wine per Robert Boyle Armiger’ [Robert Boyle (b. 1627, d. 1691), natural philosopher]. Decoration: A drawing of an arch with two ...
A notebook containing memoranda concerning ethics, law, logic, metaphysics and theology
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Contents: ff. 1r-63r: A notebook containing memoranda concerning ethics, law, logic, metaphysics and theology The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 2*recto, 57r-57v: Fractions, entitled: ‘Valuation of Fractio[n]’; added in the late 16th or 17th century.
Contents: ff. 1r-99v: Statutes from the reign of Edward III, 1327-1355. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 100r: A printed indulgence (dated 1508) for those who contribute to the construction of a church dedicated to St Peter, beginning: 'Willelmus, permissione divina Cantuariensis ...
Contents: ff. 3r-168r: A tract ‘Of the Court called the Starr Chamber’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 2r: A title-page: ‘A tract on the Star-chamber, entitled: 'A Compendium and briefe discourse of the Antiquitye, and iurisdiction of the Court of Starchamber, togeather with a...
Almonius Pelonius', untitled work against the 'Episcopatus Ordinem
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Contents: ff. 1r-37r: 'Almonius Pelonius', untitled work against the 'Episcopatus Ordinem', beginning: 'Dubitanti mihi, utrum sacros, (ut vocant) episcorum nostrorum ordines, quis salva conscientia suscipere posset, et doctorum hominum de tam difficili controversia, scire cupienti sententias, f...