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4411. Royal MS 17 F I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 17 F I
Title:
Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant, a French translation of Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, in a French translation by Vasco da Lucena, Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre and dedicated to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (B. 1433, d. 1477). The manuscript was copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille; another copy by the same scrib...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4412. Royal MS 18 B XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 B XV
Title:
Basilikon Doron, or Book of the Institution of a Prince
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the autograph copy of the Basilikon Doron (The Royal Gift), a treatise on kingship and government written in the form of a private letter by James VI, King of Scotland (r. 1567–1625) and England (r. 1603–1625) for the instruction of his son Prince Henry (b. 1594, d. 1612...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1598
Extent:
1 volume

4413. Royal MS 18 C II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 C II
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. i recto: A fragment of two inquisitions post-mortem of Elizabeth, wife of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, written in Latin, the second dated 7 August, 1 Hen [IV, i.e. 1400]. f. 1r: 'Counsels of Prudence', an 8-line extract from John Lydgate's Troy Book (Bk. II, ll. 1849-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4414. Royal MS 18 D III

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D III
Title:
The Burghley Atlas
Scope & Content:
An atlas of England and Wales, made by Christopher Saxton (1542x4–1610/11), map maker, under the patronage of Thomas Seckford (1515/16–1587), lawyer and administrator. Owned by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520/21-1598), royal minister, whose notes and annotations are found throughout. It ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1574-1592
Extent:

1 volume

4415. Royal MS 19 B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 B IV
Title:
Les Dits Moraulx des Philosophes, a French translation of Guillaume de Tignonville's Dicta moralia antiquorum philosophorum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Les Dits Moraulx des Philosophes (The Moral Sayings of the Philosophers), a French translation of the Latin Dicta moralia antiquorum philosophorum by Guillaume de Tignonville, or Thignonville (d. 1414), Councillor to King Charles VI of France and Prevost of Par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4416. Royal MS 20 A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 A V
Title:
Roman d'Alexandre en Prose
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Roman d’Alexandre en Prose (Prose Romance of Alexander), a French adaptation of the Latin Historia de Preliis (interpolated version I2), imperfect at the end. The work details various episodes from the life of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great (b. 356, d. 323 B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

4417. Royal MS 20 B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 B VI
Title:
Philippe de Mézières, Epistre au Roi Richart
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Epistre au Roi Richart (Letter to King Richard), written by Philippe de Mézières (b. c. 1327, d. 1405), a crusader, former tutor to Charles VI of France (r. 1380-1422), and counsellor to Charles V (r. 1364-1380), the King's father. By 1395, he had retired to the Cele...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1395
Extent:
1 volume

4418. Royal MS 20 B XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 B XIV
Title:
William of Waddington, Manuel de Pechies, Robert Grosseteste, Le Chasteau d'Amour, a collection of religious and moral poems and a prose treatise
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of religious and moral poems, including William of Waddington's Manuel de Pechiez and Robert Grosseteste's Le Chasteau d'Amour, a prose sermon, the Mirour de Seinte Eglise or Speculum Ecclesiae by Edmund Rich; and a collection of Miracles of the Virgin in ve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

4419. Royal MS 20 C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 C III
Title:
Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant, a French translation of Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni, translated into French by Vasco da Lucena (b. c. 1435, d. 1512) as Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant and dedicated to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1433, d. 1477). Contents: ff. 1r-11r: Table of Contents. The incipit gives the date o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c. 1485-1490
Extent:

1 volume

4420. Royal MS 20 C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 20 C V
Title:
Des cleres et nobles femmes, an anonymous French translation of Boccacio's De mulieribus claris
Scope & Content:
Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris is a moralizing compilation of biographical sketches of famous women begun in 1361 and revised several times before his death in 1375. The work was very popular, as attested by the number of translations and including this anonymous French translation, Des cleres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1410
Extent:

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