Life of St John the Evangelist (118r: Boffey 2932, imperfect); Life of Thomas Becket (118r-149v: Boffey 907, 3064); Life of St Theophilus (149v-151v: Boffey 3266); Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary (151v-155v: Boffey 50, 56, 58, 59, 1788); Life of St Cecilia (155v-158v: Boffey 2873); Life of St Gregory (158v-166v: Boffey 204)
Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hibernie (5r-55r); Gerald of Wales, De expugnatione Hibernie (55v-101v); Gerald of Wales, Symbolum electorum (101r-136v); De descriptione mundi (136v-168v); Uita Alexandri Magni (168v-186r)
John of Hildesheim, Historia Trium Regum; Des grantz geanz; Brut Chronicle (Short Version); Lamentation of Our Lady; four minor works by Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works in Latin, Middle English and Anglo-Norman French. The core of the manuscript (ff. 80-189) dates to the middle of the 14th century, with subsequent additions up to the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. The contents include the Historia Trium Regum, a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century