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1. Royal MS 1 B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 B VII
Title:
Gospel-book ('The Royal Athelstan Gospels')
Scope & Content:
The four Gospels, in Jerome's translation. Detailed contents: (1) Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, incipit: 'Nouum opus facere', f. 1r; (2) Prologue to Jerome's commentary on Matthew's Gospel, incipit: 'Plures fuisse', f. 2v; (3) Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Eusebius Carpiano...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
700-749
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Royal MS 1 C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 C VII
Title:
The Rochester Bible
Scope & Content:
Part of a Bible containing the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and Kings, according to the Vulgate of Jerome. The New Testament section of this manuscript is now Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, MS W. 18; the remainder of the Old Testament section has not survived. Contents: ff. i-vi: added lea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Royal MS 1 D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D X
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Psalter with a calendar (ff. 9r-14r); canticles (ff. 125r-137r): Isaiah 12, 2; Isaiah 38, 10-20; 1 Kings 2, 1-10; Exodus 15, 1-19; Habakkuk 3; Deuteronomy 32, 1- 43; Te Deum; Benedicite; Benedictus; Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis; Gloria in excelsis; Quicumque vult; Magnificat (repeated); Nunc Dimitt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-c 1220
Extent:

139 folios.

4. Royal MS 1 E VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 E VI
Title:
Gospels (the 'Royal Bible')
Scope & Content:
Gospels, Jerome's version, imperfect, with several missing leaves. The numeration of quires running from lxxx to lxxxviii suggests that the manuscript was a part of an integral Bible. Contents: 1v: A purple-stained incipit page with an inscription in gold and silver letters relating to a minia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 77 folios.

5. Royal MS 2 A XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 A XVIII
Title:
Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours')
Scope & Content:
The Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours is a composite volume composed of two parts produced in different periods, as well as added texts on the flyleaves. It evolved into its present form during the 15th century. Part 1, the earliest portion of the manuscript, is a series of 24 leaves containing suffrag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1401-c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

6. Royal MS 2 A XXII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 A XXII
Title:
Psalter ('The Westminster Psalter')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Three extracts with the rubric 'Laus sancti Augustini super psalterium', beginning 'Canticum psalmorum animas decorat', 'Canticum psalmorum carmen electum', and 'In psalterio solo'. ff. 1r-4r: Easter tables for the 532 years from 1128-1659, with an explanation beginning, 'In...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1200-c 1250
Extent:
1 item

7. Royal MS 2 B I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B I
Title:
Selection of Psalms, with Prayers and Litanies
Scope & Content:
A Selection of Psalms, Litanies and Prayers in Latin, commissioned by Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, the fourth son of Henry IV (1391-1447). The contents are: ff. 1r-6v, Calendar, of Sarum use, with red-letter feasts of SS. Wulstan, David, Chad, Edward king and martyr., Cuthbert (and transl.), Ri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1430-c1440
Extent:
1 item

8. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 1r-66v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 1r-66v
Title:
Old Testament Cycle
Scope & Content:
Cycle of 223 tinted drawings, mostly two per page, illustrating Old Testament scenes from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Norman explanatory verses. Beginning, 'Coment lucifer chayit de ciel e devient diable e grant multitudo des angeles oues...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
66 folios.

9. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 67r-70v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 67r-70v
Title:
Full-page miniatures
Scope & Content:
Four full-page miniatures, some with Anglo-Norman captions and explanatory text. Each prophet (ff. 69v-70r) carries a scroll inscribed with verses (not always correctly assigned); each Apostle (ff. 69v-70r) carries a scroll inscribed with sections of the Creed. Decoration: f. 67v: Miniature of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:

4 folios.

10. Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 71r-83v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 71r-83v
Title:
Calendar
Scope & Content:
Calendar, with each month occupying two pages, and accompanying miniatures of the signs of the Zodiac and labours of the month. Notable saints in the calendar include: 19 January: St Wulfstan. 2 March: St Cedda. 18 March: Edward the Confessor. 20 March: St Cuthbert. 3 April: St Richard. 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1310-1320
Extent:
13 folios.