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Place Reading, England Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

41. Egerton MS 2204

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2204
Title:
Bede the Venerable, In Lucae Evangelium Expositio
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript originates from the Benedictine abbey of St Mary in Reading. It contains the commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Bede the Venerable (d. 673, d. 735), an English Benedictine monk, theologian, and historian. This is one of the more than a hundred manuscripts that survi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

42. Egerton MS 2815

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2815
Title:
Accompt-Roll of John Pickarell, Cofferer of the Hoiischold and Paymaster of the Works to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset; 1 Apr. 2 Edw. VI. [1548] -7 Oct. 5 Edw. VI. [1551]. Rendered to the Court of Augmentations, 18 May, 1553, and signed by Sir Richard Sackville, Chancellor, and Sir Francis Mildmay, one of the Surveyors of the Court. it contains particulars of sums spent on the Protector's buildings at Somerset Place [old Somerset House], Syon, Banbury, Woolfall [al. Wolf Hall in Great Be...
Scope & Content:
Wolfhall, Great Bedwin, Wiltshire: Accompt of expenditure ou the Duke of Somerset's house at: 1548-1551. Syon House, Middlesex: Accompt of expenditure on: 1548-1551. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset; Lord Protector of England: Accompt of his Cofferer and Paymaster of the Works: 1548-1551. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1548-1551
Extent:
1 item

43. Egerton MS 2951

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2951
Title:
Robert Partes, Poems; Peter Riga, Floridus aspectus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the unique witness of the poems of Robert Partes (fl. c 1170), and also includes the collection of short poems, known as the Floridus Aspectus (Appearance of Flowers), by Peter Riga(b. c 1140, d. 1209). The volume was probably produced in the Benedictine abbey of Reading, wher...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

44. Egerton MS 3031

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3031
Title:
The Cartulary of Reading Abbey
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Cartulary of Reading Abbey, including, among other miscellaneous items, a list of its books and those of its cell at Leominster. Produced at Reading in the early 1190s, the manuscript has later additions up to the reign of Henry III (r. 1216-1272). Contents: ff. 3r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1190-1199
Extent:

A parchment codex

45. Hargrave MS 292

Reference (shelfmark):
Hargrave MS 292
Title:
Scope & Content:
A Volume, in Folio; on paper: containing, 1. The Patent for Farthing Tokens. 11 Car. I. fol. 1. 2. Concerning Brokers. fol. 10. 3. Charter of the Town of Chipping Wycombe Bucks. temp. Jac. I. fol. 25. 4. Charter granted by K. James I. to the Town of Blandford Forum, Co. Dorset. fol. 40. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

46. Harley MS 82, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 1-3
Title:
A register of Reading abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–3v: Three leaves from a register of Abbot Nicholas of Whapelode (r. 1305–28), containing entries for 1305–1311. [ff. 1v-2r are blank].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

47. Harley MS 82, ff 4–34

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 4–34
Title:
Usuard, Martyrology
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r–34v: Usuard, Martyrology, organized by calendar (January through December, ff. 4r–32v) with a second section by the church year (beginning with Advent, ff. 32v–34v). Many sections lacking. Decoration: Large and small initials that alternate in colour between red, blue, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

48. Harley MS 101

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 101
Title:
Origen, Commentarium in Canticum Canticorum; Hrabanus Maurus, De institutione clericorum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was produced at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin in Reading. It was produced in a stylistic period of manuscript production at the abbey that has been dated to between 1150 and 1180. Many of the abbey’s manuscripts from this period contain patristic writings, which is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1150-1180
Extent:

1 volume

49. Harley MS 493/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 493/1
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first of two volumes (the other is Harley MS 493/1) containing the Statuta Angliae (The Statutes of England). Contents: ff. 2r-289v: Statuta Angliae. [f. 1r is blank]. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume

50. Harley MS 493/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 493/2
Title:
Statuta Angliae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second of two volumes (the other is Harley MS 493/1) containing the Statuta Angliae (The Statutes of England). Contents: ff. 1r-218v: Statuta Angliae. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red. Paragraph signs in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 volume