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3171. Royal MS 13 D VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 D VI
Title:
Excerpt from St Jerome, De viris illustribus; Josephus Flavius, Antiquitates iudaicae (books 1-14)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first volume of a two volume-set containing Flavius Josephus (b. 37, d. c. 98)'s Antiquitates Iudicae (Antiquities of the Jews). It is preceded by an excerpt on Flavius Josephus from St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 420)'s De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). The second volu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3172. Royal MS 13 D VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 D VII
Title:
Josephus Flavius, Antiquitates Iudicae; Josephus Flavius, De Bello Iudaico
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript is the second volume of a two volume-set containing Josephus Flavius's Antiquitates Iudicae. The first volume is Royal MS 13 D VI and contains books 1-14 of the work written by Josephus. This manuscript consists of the last books, 15-20, and includes Josephus's De Bell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3173. Royal MS 14 B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B III
Title:
Roll of maxims made for Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley
Scope & Content:
A roll of maxims about pride, created for Jane Lumley (1537-78), Baroness Lumley, daughter of Henry FitzAlan (1512-80), 19th earl of Arundel. Monograms JOANNA LVMLEIA. Dated to between Jane’s marriage to John Lumley (d. 1609), 1st Baron Lumley, by 1553 and her death in 1578. A similar roll, po...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1553-1578
Extent:

1 roll

3174. Royal MS 14 B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B VI
Title:
Genealogical roll of the kings of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: A roll chronicle containing the genealogy of the Kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England from 1272, in the form of a diagram of interconnected roundels with royal portraits in colours and gold, and an accompanying commentary. Incipit: 'Par ce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1340
Extent:

1 roll

3175. Royal MS 14 B XIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B XIX
Title:
Expenses of Princess Mary’s household
Scope & Content:
This roll contains the household expenses of Princess Mary (the future Mary I, r. 1552-1558), daughter of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485, d. 1536). The account covers a one-and-a-half-year period from 1 July 1525 to 31 December 1526 (17 and 18 Henry VIII), when M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1526
Extent:
1 roll

3176. Royal MS 14 B XXVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B XXVI
Title:
Expenses of the household departments of Princess Mary
Scope & Content:
The roll contains the household expenses of Princess Mary (the future Mary I, r. 1552-1558), daughter of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485, d. 1536). The account lists the expenses of several household departments, comparing the expenditure made in October and other...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1526
Extent:
1 roll

3177. Royal MS 14 E II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 E II
Title:
Jean de Courcy, Le chemin de Vaillance; Christine de Pisan, L'epistre Othea; Alain Chartier, Le breviaire des nobles and other texts in French
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-294v: Jean de Courcy, Le chemin de Vaillance, beginning: 'La glorieuse trinite Trois persones en vnite', ending: 'Pardonnez moy car ie songoye'. ff. 295r-331v: Christine de Pisan, L'Epistre Othea, beginning: 'Othea, deesse deprudence, Quy les bons adresse en vaillance'. ff. 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1473-1483
Extent:

1 volume

3178. Royal MS 15 A II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A II
Title:
Jane Lumley, translation of Isocrates, Evagoras
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Evagoras, one of the Orationes of the Ancient Greek rhetorician Isocrates (b. 436, d. 338 BC), in a Latin translation composed by Jane Lumley (b. 1537, d. 1578), Baroness Lumley and written in her own hand. The manuscript is a presentation copy, described in Lu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3179. Royal MS 15 A IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A IX
Title:
Jane Lumley, translations of Isocrates, Orationes, and Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis
Scope & Content:
This volume is a commonplace book containing the Orationes of the Ancient Greek rhetorician Isocrates (b. 436, d. 338 BC), in a Latin translation composed by Jane Lumley (b. 1537, d. 1578), Baroness Lumley, and written in her hand. Two of the orations are prefaced by dedicatory epistles to her f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

3180. Royal MS 15 A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A VII
Title:
Collection of Latin poetry and fables, including Statius, Achilleis, and Claudian, De raptu Proserpinae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of Latin works, probably arranged as part of a school curriculum. They include the unfinished epic poem, the Achilleid, by the Greco-Roman author Publius Papinius Statius (b. c. 45, d. c. 96); a popular collection of proverbial wisdom, known as the Catonis D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century-1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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