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91. Add Ch 77738

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Title:
Marriage contract between Prince Edward of England and Philippa of Hainault
Scope & Content:
Marriage contract between Prince Edward of England (the future King Edward III, r. 1327-1377), and Philippa of Hainault (b. c. 1314, d. 1369), daughter of Count William of Hainault (b. c. 1286, d. 1337) and Joan of Valois (b. c. 1294, d. 1352). The contract was issued two years prior to the off...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1326
Extent:
1 leaf

92. Add MS 7966 B

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Title:
Roll of expenses in wax and spices by the royal households
Scope & Content:
This roll contains a summary of the expenses in wax and spices incurred by the households of King Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307); Queen Margaret of France (b. c. 1279, d. 1318), his second wife; the Prince of Wales, the future Edward II (r. 1307-1327); and Thomas of Brotherton (b. 1300, d. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
20 Nov 1300-19 Nov 1301
Extent:
1 roll

93. Add MS 8877

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Title:
Household roll of Eleanor de Montfort, Countess of Leicester and Pembroke
Scope & Content:
The household roll of Eleanor de Montfort (b. 1215, d. 1275), Countess of Leicester and Pembroke, containing a set of financial accounts produced in her household for the year 1265. Eleanor de Montfort was the wife of Simon de Montfort (b. c. 1208, d. 1265), Earl of Leicester, and the sister of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1265
Extent:
1 roll

94. Add MS 10037

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Title:
Jane Segar, The Divine Prophecies of the Ten Sibills
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains The Divine Prophecies of the Ten Sibills, written and illuminated by Jane Segar, sister of the Elizabethan herald and officer of arms Sir William Segar (b. c. 1554, d. 1633) and the courtier and painter Francis Segar (b. 1563, d. 1615). Jane presented the volume to Eliza...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1589
Extent:
1 volume

95. Add MS 10767

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Title:
Caterina Vigri, Le sette armi spirituali, and other devotional works
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript, made up of three parts: Part 1, ff. 1-57 (with historic foliation in ink in the lower margin of the rectos, ff. 354-410); Part 2, ff. 59-100; Part 3, ff. 101-136. Part 1 contains Le sette armi spirituali (The Seven Spiritual Weapons), a visionary work written by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

96. Add MS 11430

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Title:
Margareta Ebner, Offenbarungen, and related texts
Scope & Content:
A collection of texts relating to the German nun and mystic Margareta Ebner (b. 1291, d. 1351). From 1311, Ebner was renowned for having experienced a series of spiritual visions, which she later recorded in her Offenbarungen (Revelations), composed between 1344 and 1348. The volume contains a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
1744-1747
Extent:
1 volume

97. Add MS 11847

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Title:
Psalter ('The Alheide Psalter')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is known as the 'Alheide Psalter' after its scribe, who identifies herself as 'Alheide' in a colophon (f. 186r). It was probably produced in a convent in central Germany, perhaps Thuringia, for an aristocratic female patron (see Kaufmann, 'The Alheide Psalter' (2010), pp. 125–139...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

98. Add MS 14042

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Title:
Middle Dutch prayer-book
Scope & Content:
This Middle Dutch prayer-book contains a large section of rosaries and prayers dedicated to the Virgin Mary (ff. 5r-245v), followed by prayers dedicated to Christ and saints, and prayers for Communion. The manuscript contains a large number of pasted and sewn in coloured woodcuts and engravings....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle
Date Range:
1517-1523
Extent:

1 volume

99. Add MS 15102

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Title:
Hildegard von Bingen, Collectio epistolarum, Ordo virtutum, and other texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an extensive collection of letters and other Latin works by Hildegard von Bingen (b. c. 1098, d. 1179), a German Benedictine abbess, polymath and medieval mystic. One of these works is her Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues), one of the earliest examples of an allegoric...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1487
Extent:
1 volume

100. Add MS 15103

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Title:
Collection of homilies and saints' Lives, written by Martha Felderin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-228r: a collection of homilies and saints' Lives, written by the scribe and nun Martha Felderin, beginning with an incomplete list of contents (f.1r) and ending with a colophon (f. 228r). ff. 1v, 106v-107v, 197v and 228v are blank. Decoration: Large initials in blue with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1488
Extent:
1 volume

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