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331. Royal MS 18 D II, ff 195v-211v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D II, ff 195v-211v
Title:
Proverbial and moral verses transcribed from the walls and ceilings of Percy's houses
Scope & Content:
Proverbial and moral verses transcribed from the walls and ceilings of Percy's houses, Leconfield and Wressel castles, two Yorkshire seats of the family (see Dickens 1955). The proverbis of the garett over the bayne at Kekingfelde' (sic); incipit: 'The sermountynge pleasure who can expresse' (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1516-1527
Extent:
11 folios.

332. Royal MS 18 D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D IX
Title:
Bible Historiale, Volume 1
Scope & Content:
The first of two volumes, the second of which is Royal MS 18 D X. The fourth volume is Royal MS 15 D I, but it was written previously and altered to include the arms of Edward IV. It is not known whether the third volume ever existed. It contains part of the second edition of the Bible Historial...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1479
Extent:

A parchment codex, 319 folios

333. Royal MS 18 D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 D X
Title:
Bible Historiale, Volume 2
Scope & Content:
The second of two volumes, the first being Royal MS 18 D IX. The fourth volume in the set is Royal MS 15 D I, but it was written previously and altered to include the arms of Edward IV. It is not known whether the third volume ever existed. Contains the second edition of the Bible Historiale, a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1479
Extent:

A parchment codex

334. Royal MS 18 E I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 E I
Title:
Jean Froissart, Chroniques, vol. 2
Scope & Content:
Includes volume 2 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1377-1385. The text of the present manuscript is classified by Kervyn de Lettenhove as the première rédaction, seconde série. Incipit: 'Quant le duc de Bourgongne cut fait ceste chevauchee'. Explicit: 'en la ville de Gand', ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
367 + 9 folios.

335. Royal MS 18 E II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 18 E II
Title:
Jean Froissart, Chroniques, vol. 4
Scope & Content:
Includes volume 4 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1389-1400, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2r-5v). Incipit: 'Cy commence la table de ce quart et darrenier volume que fist et compila sire Jehan Froissard des croniques de France et dangleterre'. Table begins: 'Le premie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1480
Extent:

419 + 7 folios.

336. Royal MS 19 A XXII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 A XXII
Title:
Jean Chapuis, Sept articles de la foi
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Sept articles de la foi (Seven articles of the faith), also known as the Trésor, a French poem that explores the nature of the Trinity and seven significant events in the Life of Christ: his Nativity, Baptism, Crucifixion, Harrowing of Hell, Resurrection, and Ascensi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1440
Extent:
1 volume

337. Royal MS 19 B XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 B XIII
Title:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose
Scope & Content:
Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun; rubric: 'Ci commence le romans de la rose Ou lart damors est toute enclose'; incipit: 'Maintes genz dient que en songes Na se fables non et menconges'; explicit: 'Ainsint oi la rose vermeille Atant fu ior et ie mesueille.' Colophon: 'Expl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Old
Date Range:
c 1320-c 1340
Extent:

A parchment codex, 144 folios

338. Royal MS 19 B XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 B XV
Title:
Apocalypse ('The Queen Mary Apocalypse')
Scope & Content:
The Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman with commentary and with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated into Anglo-Norman. The illuminations include 73 miniatures in colours and gold, the subjects of which are as follows: f. 1r, Paul preaching. f. 1v, John and representatives of the churches...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
first quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 item

339. Royal MS 19 C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 C IV
Title:
Le songe du vergier, attributed to Évrart de Trémaugon
Scope & Content:
Le Songe du vergier is a French translation of the Latin tract Somnium viridari compiled in 1376 and attributed to Évrart de Trémaugon, councillor to Charles V and maître des requêtes at the hotel de roi (see Schnerb-Lièvre, 1982, pp. lxxvii-lxxxviii). The manuscript is the presentation copy off...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1378
Extent:

247 folios.

340. Royal MS 19 C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 19 C VIII
Title:
Hugues de Lannoy (?), Imaginacion de vraye noblesse, with the preface by Quentin Poulet
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the Enseignement de la vraye noblesse attributed to Hugues de Lannoy with the title changed to the Imaginacion de vraye noblesse and prefaced with a dedication to Henry VII by Quentin Poulet, royal librarian and the scribe of this manuscript. ff. 1r-2v: Quentin Poulet, P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1496
Extent:

Parchment codex