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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 34874
Title:
Scope & Content:: GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. I. Six autobiographical sketches by Edward Gibbon, all holograph, being the materials from which Lord Sheffield arranged the "Memoirs" as published in the Miscellaneous Works (quarto ed., 1796, vol. i., octavo ed., with further extracts, 1814, vol. i.). The six sketches are m...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1737-1807
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35021
Title:: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, book 2.
Scope & Content:: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, book 2. 21 of the 24 preludes and fugues of the second book of the ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’, BWV 870-872, 875-880, 882-893. All the music is in the hand of the composer, with the exception of the preludes and fugues in C minor, D mino...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: German
Date Range:: [1739-1742]
Extent:: 22 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35069
Title:: Single leaves and cuttings from illuminated manuscripts
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1: Leaf from the end of book 5 and the beginning of book 6 of Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah, 12th century (possibly from the same manuscript as f. 2). Decoration: 1 decorated initial 'Q' in red ink, with spirals of foliage and a dragon. Dimensions: 340 x 228 mm (text space: 260 x...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 12th century-14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35110
Title:: Vita Sancti Augustini; Possidius, Vita Sancti Augustini; Vita Sancti Eadfridi; Bede, Vita Sancti Cuthberti; Adomnán, Vita Sancti Columbe
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-9v: Vita Sancti Augustini (Life of St Augustine). ff. 9v-28r: Possidius (fl. 5th century), Vita Sancti Augustini (Life of St Augustine). ff. 28r-29v: A list of St Augustine's works. ff. 30r-30v: Historia translationis corporis Sancti Augustini (History of the translation of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35167
Title:: Glossed Gospel of St Luke
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the Gospel of St Luke with the Glossa Ordinaria. Typically associated with Anselm of Laon, the Glossa Ordinaria (marginal and interlinear) was a commentary designed to help readers interpret the Bible. Contents: ff. 1r-3r: A prologue without glosses, beginning ‘Lucas S...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35180
Title:: Peter the Chanter, Verbum Abbreviatum; Metrical life of Thomas of Canterbury; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus (excerpt); French notes on the compass
Scope & Content:: This early 13th-century manuscript originates from the Cistercian monastery of Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire, as is indicated by its ownership inscription. The manuscript primarily contains a biblical commentary of the French theologian Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), the Verbum Abbreviatum (Abbr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35283
Title:: Psalter in Latin and Anglo-Norman
Scope & Content:: A bilingual Psalter, with canticles and liturgical texts; the Latin text is in the left column with a parallel Anglo-Norman French text in the right column; the translation is related to the Anglo-Norman version in the 'Oxford' Psalter: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 320 (see Short and others, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35294
Title:: Wardrobe account of Eleanor of Castile
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the wardrobe account, or Liber Garderobe, of Eleanor of Castile, (b. c. 1240, d. 1290), Queen consort to King Edward I (r. 1272-1307). The account was compiled by Queen Eleanor's treasurer, John of Berewyk (fl. 1279-1312), and records a set of her receipts and expenses...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: [29 Sep 1289-30 Dec 1290]
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35321
Title:: Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes
Scope & Content:: Contents: Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes, translated into French by Laurent de Premierfait, beginning with the second prologue, 'Selon rayson et bonnes meurs', omitting the dedication to the Duc de Berry and verses to Boccaccio. f. 1r-2r: Prologue; ff. 2r-33v: Book 1, preceded...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36668
Title:: St Jerome, Commentary on Daniel
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is entirely dedicated to the Commentary on Daniel by St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 420). An inscription added at the Benedictine abbey of St Maximin in Trier shows that it was in that monastery shortly after its production. Added corrections, punctuation, marginal notation, practice a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 9th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

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