Liber magnus sigillorum attributed to Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili)
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Liber magnus sigillorum attributed to Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), a text on seals or engraved gems. Rubric 'Incipit liber secretus filiorum Israel', incipit: '[S]i inveneris sigillum in lapide sculptum', explicit: 'hic sigillus fertur habuisse galienum. Explicit'. Published from Oxford,...
Acts of the Privy Council under Henry VI, 1442-1461
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Contents: ff. 1v-74v: The 'Actes of Counsyll of Hary the sixte This tyme from the 26 of october in the 20 yeare [1442] of his Raigne to the 26 of July in the 24th yeare [1446]'; followed by further acts from 19 March 1447 to 9 August 1461; transcribed by John Claxton and Ralph Starkey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Contents: ff. 1r–3v: Three leaves from a register of Abbot Nicholas of Whapelode (r. 1305–28), containing entries for 1305–1311. [ff. 1v-2r are blank].
Contents: ff. 4r–34v: Usuard, Martyrology, organized by calendar (January through December, ff. 4r–32v) with a second section by the church year (beginning with Advent, ff. 32v–34v). Many sections lacking. Decoration: Large and small initials that alternate in colour between red, blue, and ...
'Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d’outre mer (Latin translation)
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Contents: ff. 35r–104v: ‘Sir John Mandeville’, Voyage d’outre mer, Latin translation, ending imperfectly. Decoration: A marginal drawing in brown ink (possibly of one of the nails of the Crucifixion) in the margin of f. 35v
Transcripts from public records from the reign of King John to King Edward III
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Manuscript volume of transcripts from public records. The first part consists of extracts from the patent rolls in the hand of Ralph Starkey. The second part comprises a number of extracts, in the hand of Simonds D’Ewes and others, some fragmentary. Contents: ff. 1-110: Extracts from the paten...
Rotuli Parliamenti Ordinationum in Arce Londinensi, for the years 1311-1312, 1314-1315, and 1315-1316
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Contents: ff. 1r-234v: Rotuli Parliamenti Ordinationum in Arce Londinensi; for the 5th, 8th and 9th years of the reign of Edward II (1311-1312; 1314-1315; 1315-1316). f. 235r: Negotia tangentia Thomam de Multone.