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1. Lansdowne MS 127

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 127
Title:
Copy of Edmund Dudley's accounts
Scope & Content:
A 17th-century copy of Edmund Dudley's account book; the original is lost. Dudley began writing it on 23 January 1505, recording fines and duties he received for the use of Henry VII, from 9 September 1504 (when he entered Henry's service) to 28 May 1508. It includes an index, and each page is i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Lansdowne MS 202

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 202
Title:
The answer and certificate of Sir Thomas Rowe, knight, Lord Mayor of London, to the Privy Council, of the number of strangers living within the City of London and its liberties
Scope & Content:
A survey of immigrants within the City of London and its liberties, made at the instruction of the Privy Council, compiled from the returns of the local officials. Part of the Burghley Papers. The manuscript is dated 1568 (f.1r). However more precise dating places it after 9 Nov 1568, when Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1568-24 Mar 1569
Extent:
1 volume

3. Lansdowne MS 331

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 331
Title:
Physician's almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: Almanac, comprising a calendar (ff. 3r-18v), tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence (f. 19r) and a list of the signs of the zodiac (f. 20v). Decoration: Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables in bro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1463
Extent:

A parchment codex, formerly a folded parchment

4. Lansdowne MS 335

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 335
Title:
John Foxe's account of Wycliffe and his followers
Scope & Content:
ff. 2v–119v: Autograph account in Latin of John Wycliffe and his followers by the martyrologist John Foxe. Prefixed is a dedication to some unnamed person whom he calls his friend and patron, perhaps either the young Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, or William Cecil. Apart from the dedication...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1563
Extent:
1 volume

5. Lansdowne MS 355

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 355
Title:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
1652-1701
Extent:

1 volume

6. Lansdowne MS 381/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 381/1
Title:
Psalter fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises eleven leaves from a Psalter created for Henry the Lion (b. 1129, d. 1195) and his wife Matilda (married to Henry 1168, d. 1189), who are illustrated on f. 10v, along with a calendar containing northern French and Flemish saints. Lansdowne 381/2 is a separate volume con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1168-1189
Extent:

1 volume

7. Lansdowne MS 431

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 431
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: A psalter with a calendar; ends imperfectly and is lacking Psalm 101 (there is a stub between ff. 75 and 76). Decoration: 12 large 'KL' initials in the calendar in gold with penwork decoration in green, blue, and red, with the occupations of the months and zodiac symbols in colou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

8. Lansdowne MS 456

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 456
Title:
Genealogical chronicle of English kings to Edward IV
Scope & Content:
The text is written on one side of the parchment, in three vertical columns with the central column being double the width of the two flanking columns, so that they could be folded inwards. The parchment was then folded lengthwise, concertina-style, rather than rolled, to form a winged roll-code...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1461-1466
Extent:

1 volume

9. Lansdowne MS 683

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 683
Title:
Political register compiled in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Political register, containing notes, lists, tables and records concerning political and military matters during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Possibly compiled by, or for the use of, a minister of state. ff. 1r-3r Table of contents. Titled ‘A table of the matters contayned in this booke’. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1558-1603
Extent:

1 volume

10. Lansdowne MS 699

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 699
Title:
Collection of poems by John Lydgate and Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r-v: John Lydgate, 'Life of St Giles', written in Middle English verse, imperfect comprising only the final six stanzas; the text beginning, '…Bi a spiryt oonly of prophecie...' (DIMEV 4129). ff. 3r-18r: John Lydgate, Fabula duorum mercatorum, written in Middle English verse, be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume