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501. Add Roll 61157

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Title:
Papal licence for Maria and Caterina Foscari to wear dresses with trains
Scope & Content:
Licence by Pope Nicholas V (r. 1447-1455) to Maria and Caterina, daughters of Jacopo Foschari of Venice, son of Doge Francesco Foscari (b. 1373, d. 1457), of the right to wear dresses with trains, elaborate shoes, girdles, and gold and silver ornamentation, signed by Pietro de Noreto. Given at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1450
Extent:
1 roll

502. Add Roll 61174

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Title:
Notarised copy of the will of Cecilia Foscari
Scope & Content:
A notarised copy of the will of Cecilia, daughter of John Veneno and widow of Frederico Foschari, made by Caesar Ziliolus, notary and secretary to the doge of Venice. 5 May 1567, bearing the notarial mark of Caesar Ziliolus and signatures. The original will was made by Jacopo Grasolarius of St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1567
Extent:

1 roll

503. Add Roll 63207

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Title:
Household roll of Katherine de Norwich
Scope & Content:
The household roll of Katherine de Norwich (d. c. 1341-1343), containing a set of accounts produced in her household. Katherine de Norwich was the daughter of Sir John de Hethersett, and the widow respectively of Piers Braunche (d. 1296) and Walter de Norwich (d. 1329). The first five membrane...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
29 September 1336-29 September 1337
Extent:
1 roll

504. Add Roll 75855

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Add Roll 75855
Title:
Household expenses of Philippa of Hainault, queen of England
Scope & Content:
This roll contains a fragmentary account of the household expenses of Queen Philippa of Hainault (b. c. 1314, d. 1369), wife of King Edward III (r. 1327-1377). This roll is a loose middle membrane from a larger roll, now lost. Records payments made by the queen’s household between 20 November ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 roll

505. Add Roll 77740/1

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Title:
Household accounts for the upkeep of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Wingfield Manor and Tutbury Castle
Scope & Content:
This roll contains a set of financial accounts relating to the upkeep of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542, d. 1587), and her household at Wingfield Manor, in Derbyshire, and Tutbury Castle, in Staffordshire, compiled by the cofferer's clerk Bryan Cave between 18 December 1584 and 27 February 1585. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[18 Dec 1584-27 Feb 1585]
Extent:
1 roll

506. Add Roll 77740/2

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Title:
Household accounts for the upkeep of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Wingfield Manor and Tutbury Castle (duplicate)
Scope & Content:
This roll contains a copy of a set of financial accounts relating to the upkeep of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542, d. 1587), and her household at Wingfield Manor, in Derbyshire, and Tutbury Castle, in Staffordshire, compiled by the cofferer's clerk Bryan Cave between 18 December 1584 and 27 Febru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[18 Dec 1584-27 Feb 1585]
Extent:
1 roll

507. Arundel MS 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 10
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a Latin copy of the Historia Regum Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of Britain') by Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154/55), bishop of St Asaph and historian. The work presents a pseudo-historical account of the kings of Britain; it opens with a legend that tells of how B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

508. Arundel MS 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 36
Title:
Collection of Saints' Lives
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains a collection of saints’ lives and lections from saints’ lives. The manuscript was produced at the Augustian Priory of Kirkham in North Yorkshire, in the first or second quarter after its foundation in the 1120s. Its founder, Walter Espec (d. 1153), also foun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

509. Arundel MS 60

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 60
Title:
Psalter with gloss in Old English; A Lunarium for bloodletting; The Six Ages of the World; A list of the bishops of Winchester
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A lunarium (lunar calendar) for bloodletting. ff. 1v-12r: A liturgical calendar including computational material ('Winchester computus') for the moveable feasts (f. 8r). The Dogs days (dies caniculares) and Egyptian days are mentioned (ff. 2r-7v). ff. 13r-119r: A Gallican ve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

510. Arundel MS 91

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 91
Title:
Passionale, 21 September-9 November; Lections on St Nicholas extracted from the Vita Sancti Nicholai translated by John the Deacon of Naples
Scope & Content:
The main part of this manuscript consists of a Passionale, a collection of lives of saints for liturgical reading throughout the year. The lections on St Nicolas (ff. 227r-229v) have been added at an early period. The manuscript was originally a companion volume to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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