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III. [Eustathius Antiochenus], Commentarius in hexaemeron (TLG 4117.022; PG 18.708; CPG 3393). Imperfect, inc. αἱ λοιπαὶ καταβοῶσι (736D). Marginal notes, partly in Latin and in the hand of Patrick Young, including an attribution to Eustathius.
Charles d'Orleans, Poetry; Pseudo-Heloise, Epistles; 'Les demands d'amours'; 'Le livre dit grace entiere'.
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Contents: ff. 1r-136v: Charles d'Orleans, Poetry (a selection of 166 poems, many of them written during his captivity in England from 1415 to 1440). ff. 137r-187v: Pseudo-Heloise, 'Les epistres de labesse Heloys du Paraclit, laquelle abaye maistre Abaielart fonda aincois quil mourust', a prose...
The present manuscript contains a revised edition of the Grandes Chroniques de France that was commissioned by the future John II as Duke of Normandy (1332-1350), before his assumption of the throne. The text of the chronicle extends to the death of Louis IX (1270). The volume is prefixed by two...
Caesar, translated by Jan Du Quesne (or Jean Duchesne), Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)
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The manuscript includes the earliest surviving copy of the French translation of Caesar's Bellum Gallicum by Jan Du Quesne (or Duchesne) of Lille, addressed to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, that perhaps can be identified as the Duke's presentation copy. Another manuscript of the Commentair...
Thomas Hoccleve, The Regement of Princes, with other poems
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The manuscript includes five works by Thomas Hoccleve (b. c. 1367, d. 1426): 1. The Regement of Princes, incipit: 'Musyng up on the restles besynesse The which this troubly world hath ay on honde'. Includes marginal notes in Latin providing the sources of the text. Printed from this manuscript...
Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale (Bible historiale complétée moyenne according to Berger 1884), a French adaptation of Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica with additional books supplied from the French translation of the Bible made at Paris c. 1250; bound in two volumes. The first volume ...
Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale (Bible historiale complétée moyenne according to Berger 1884), a French adaptation of Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica with additional books supplied from the French translation of the Bible made at Paris c. 1250; bound in two volumes. The first volume ...
La Grande histoire César (Les faits des Romains, with additional texts)
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The Grande histoire César is a revision of the Faits des Romains which was probably made specifically for Edward IV (see colophon below), but the presence of the drawn arms of Louis of Gruuthuse in the Royal volume (f. 9r) suggests Gruuthuse’s role in its production. The manuscript includes: A ...
THE MASQVE OF QVEENES. Celebrated from the House of Fame, By the most absolute in all State and Titles, Anne, Queene of Great Britayne, &c. with her honorable Ladyes. At White Hall. Feb. 2, 1609. Written by Benjamin Jonson ''; with a dedicatory address to Prince Henry. Autograph. Printed in ...
John Lydgate, Troy Book and Siege of Thebes, with verses by William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris and others
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The manuscript includes: Added table of contents, 17th century (f. 1r). 1. John Lydgate, Testament (ff. 1v-5r); 2. John Lydgate, Troy Book (ff. 6r-146r); 3. John Lydgate, Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162r); 4. William Cornish, A Treatise between Information and Truth (ff. 163r-164r); 5. John ...
