Middle English verse, including ballads by Chaucer and Lydgate; 'The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwart' by Alexander Montgomerie; 'Nebuchadnezzar's Fierie Furnace'; the 'Annals of Oskell'; grammatical exercises in Latin and Greek; Old songs of Durham
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Miscellany compiling pages from a number of other manuscripts, which vary greatly in size and period. Major sections within the miscellany are f. 1 (verse and prose on the Ten Commandments and Seven Deadly Sins), ff. 2-20 (various ballads and other verse, some by Chaucer and Lydgate), f. 21 (a s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Collection of religious texts and letters relating to English Puritanism
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This manuscript contains a collection of texts relating to English Puritanism. These include letters from the theologian Thomas Cartwright (b. c. 1535, d. 1603) and Henoch Clapham (fl. 1585-1614), a preacher of an English church in Amsterdam, as well as a petition directed to Elizabeth I (r. 155...
Law texts from the 28th to 38th years of the reign of King Edward III
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Contents: ff. 1r-29v: Law texts in French from the reign of King Edward III, from the years 1354-1365, with the added (? 17th-century) title: ‘entitled ‘Annales les Reg. Edwardi 28-38’. Decoration: Large (3-line) red initials and red or yellow initials in blue frames.
The Endowment and Orders of Walter Sherington’s Chantry, founded in St Paul’s Church, London
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Contents: ff. 1r-12v: The Endowment and Orders of Walter Sherington’s Chantry, founded in St Paul’s Church, London; the chantry of Walter Sherington (b. 1431, d. 1442), chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, was founded by his executors for two chaplains to pray for his soul and for the good es...
William Camden, Institutio Graecae Grammatices Compendaria in Usum Regiae Scholae Westmonasteriensis
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William Camden, Institutio Graecae Grammatices Compendaria in Usum Regiae Scholae Westmonasteriensis, London 1656. Printed, with profuse MS annotations by several hands partly on interleaved sheets.