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1. Arundel MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57
Title:
Michael of Northgate, Ayenbite of Inwyt
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript contains the only copy of the Middle English text, Ayenbite of Inwyt, together with religious poems and treatises. The first and last quires (ff. 1-12, 97-108) appear to have been added not long after the manuscript was written, possibly as protective flyleaves (see G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1340
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 3 items

2. Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v
Title:
Glossed Aristotle De anima, with added texts in Latin, French and Middle English
Scope & Content:
1. A fragment of Aristotle's De anima with glosses added in the late 13th century (ff. 1r-12v); On the lower half of the pages and in spaces in the Aristotle text have been added: (i) Inscription (see below, item 2), verses (f. 2: Boffey 539.5, 1227, 1961.3, 3238.5) and a list of contents of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1300
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex: 12 folios

3. Arundel MS 57, ff 13r-96v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57, ff 13r-96v
Title:
Ayenbite of Inwyt, prayers and treatises in Middle English
Scope & Content:
1. Ayenbite of Inwyt ('Prick of Conscience'), a translation into the Kentish dialect of the French treatise on morality, Somme le roi. This is thought to be an autograph copy by the translator, Michael of Northgate, and is the only surviving example of the text in Middle English. A verse on f. 9...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1340
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex: 84 folios

4. Arundel MS 57, ff 97r-108v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57, ff 97r-108v
Title:
Commentary on St Matthew, with prologue
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1275-1325
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex: 12 folios

5. Arundel MS 66

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 66
Title:
Astrological compilation and political prophecies
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: ff. 1v-2v: Canons to John Killingworth's tables, attributed to Thomas Pray. ff. 3r-32v: John Killingworth (Chillingworth), Astronomical tables. ff. 33r-47r: Catalogue of Stars extracted from Ptolemy's Almagest in the Latin translation of Gerard of Cremona. ff. 48r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1490
Extent:

Parchment codex

6. Arundel MS 66, ff 1v-32v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 66, ff 1v-32v
Title:
John Killingworth [Chillingworth], Astronomical tables, with canons attributed to Thomas Pray
Scope & Content:
John Killingworth [Chillingworth], Astronomical tables, title: 'Tabulas Kelyngworth Oxoniensis'; rubric: 'Incipiunt tabule que dicuntur Kelyngworthe' (ff. 3r-32v); preceded by canons explaining the use of John Killingworth's tables attributed to Master Thomas Pray of University College, Oxford, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1490
Extent:
32 folios.

7. Arundel MS 66, ff 33r-47r

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 66, ff 33r-47r
Title:
Catalogue of Stars
Scope & Content:
Catalogue of Stars extracted from Ptolemy, Almagest, in the Latin translation of Gerard of Cremona, updated with new calculations for the year 1440; title: 'Facies celi gradibus et loci stellarum'; rubric: 'Constellaciones formarum septemtrionalium; incipit: 'Illa que est super extremitate caude...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1490
Extent:
15 folios.

8. Arundel MS 66, ff 48r-248v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 66, ff 48r-248v
Title:
Guido Bonatti, Decem tractatus astronomiae
Scope & Content:
Guido Bonatti, Decem tractatus astronomiae:(ff. 53r-248v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 48r-52r); rubric: 'In nomine domini amen. Incipit liber introductorius ad iudicia stellarum...'; incipit: 'In nomine domini nostri Jesu Cristi misericordis et vere dei et veri hominis.' Guido Bonatti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1490
Extent:
201 folios.

9. Arundel MS 66, ff 250r-266v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 66, ff 250r-266v
Title:
Astronomical tables (the 'Alfonsine Tables')
Scope & Content:
Alfonsine Tables (extract); rubric: 'Tabula communis ad extrahendum omnes eras bisextiles et ad extrahendum incognita et cognita'; with canons (ff. 264r-266v), incipit: 'Inventis centris et argumentis mediis...'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1490
Extent:
17 folios.

10. Arundel MS 66, ff 267r-268v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 66, ff 267r-268v
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophetiae Merlini (Prophecies of Merlin)
Scope & Content:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Epistle to Bishop Alexander of Lincoln (preface to the Prophecies of Merlin), incipit: 'Coegit me Alexander'; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophetiae Merlini (Prophecies of Merlin), incipit: 'Sedente igitur vortegirno rege britonum'. f. 268v: A table of cities with their longitu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1490
Extent:
2 folios.