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1. Royal MS 17 B L

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Royal MS 17 B L
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Scope & Content:
TRANSCRIPTS of letters, &c., chiefly connected with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, circ. 1590-1600, viz.:- 1. 'Verses made by the Earle of Essex in his Trouble'; printed in A. B. Grosart's Miscellanies of the Fuller Worthies Library, iv, p. 97, W. B. Devereux' Lives of the Earls of Essex, ii, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Royal MS 20 D I

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Royal MS 20 D I
Title:
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, second redaction
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This manuscript contains the earliest surviving copy of the second redaction of the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, probably produced in the 14th century. This version focuses on Troy, eliminating the biblical histories and the history of Alexander and integrates portions of the prose translation o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1330-c 1340
Extent:

363 folios.

3. Royal MS 19 B XVII

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Royal MS 19 B XVII
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'LA LEGENDE DOREE en francois que frere Iehan de Vignay translata de latin en francois' (so colophon): version made circ. 1340 of the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (cf. 10 B. XII, art. 3, &c.). The transiator mentions his previous translation of 'Le mireoir des hystoires ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1382
Extent:
1 item

4. Royal MS 10 B IX

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Royal MS 10 B IX
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TRACTS on Dictamen or official letter-writing, with models and commonplaces in Latin, French, and English, several translations from the Classics, a romance and other miscellaneous matter. Some of the model letters may be copies of actual state papers, &c. As the composition of the different parts o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Royal MS 10 E IV

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Royal MS 10 E IV
Title:
Decretals of Gregory IX with gloss of Bernard of Parma (the 'Smithfield Decretals')
Scope & Content:
The Decretals of Gregory IX, edited by Raymund of Penyafort (or Peñafort); with the glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma in the margin. The text is dedicated to the University of Paris (f. 4r), but both the text and gloss were written in Southern France, probably in Toulouse, and include a character...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1340
Extent:

314 folios.