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1. Stowe MS 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 39
Title:
The Abbey of the Holy Ghost; The Desert of Religion
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-9v: The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, written in Middle English prose, beginning, 'My dere syster, I se þat many wuld be in religyon, bot þai may noght...' ff. 10r-31v: The Desert of Religion, written in Middle English verse, beginning, 'David þat prophet was ay. In þe sauter boke ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Stowe MS 73

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 73
Title:
A genealogical chronicle of the kings of England to Edward IV
Scope & Content:
A genealogical chronicle, formerly in concertina format, now a codex. Contents: An abbreviated version in English of a genealogical chronicle from Adam to the beginning of the reign of Edward IV, of the type known as the 'Considerans' chronicle, named from the opening words of the Latin prol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1461-1499
Extent:

1 volume

3. Stowe MS 555

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 555
Title:
An inventory of jewels and other goods of Queen Elizabeth I, 1574-1594
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An introduction to Queen Elizabeth I’s inventory of jewels and other goods. It explains that the inventory was made or begun on 14 March 1574 and lists ‘all suche parcelles of the Quenis Majesties Juelles, plate and other Stuff as remaine [...] in the custodie and chardge of J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[13 Mar 1574-12 Aug 1594]
Extent:

1 volume

4. Stowe MS 556

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 556
Title:
An inventory of jewels and other goods of Queen Elizabeth I, 1596
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: An introduction to Queen Elizabeth I’s inventory of jewels and other goods. It explains that the inventory was made or begun on 20 February 1596 and lists ‘all suche percelles of the Queenes Majesties Jewelles and plate and other stuffe as did remayne [...] in the custodie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[20 Feb 1596]
Extent:
1 volume

5. Stowe MS 594

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 594
Title:
William Bruges’ Garter Book
Scope & Content:
The first armorial for the Order of the Garter, containing portraits of the knights founder: f. 5v: Saint George, as patron of the order of the Garter, together with another knight, possibly William Bruges. f. 7v: Edward III of England. f. 8r: Henry Duke of Lancaster. f. 8v: Jean de Grailly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1430s
Extent:

1 volume

6. Stowe MS 1065

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1065
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A physician's portable almanac consisting of: ff. 1r-4v: Calendar, with tables of cycles calculated from 1482 to 1520; f. 5r-v: Indictiones, Festa Mobilia, Tabula planetarum; f. 5v: Tabula lunæ, and Homo Signorum (the influence of the signs of the Zodiac on man); f. 6r: Homo ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1482
Extent:

6 parchment folios, each folded into eight parts

7. Stowe MS 1066

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1066
Title:
Calendar and almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A set of religious devotions in English, written by Edward Seymour (b. c. 1500, d. 1552), duke of Somerset, from the Tower of London, on the day before his execution, 22 January 1522. f. 2r-v: Table of contents. f. 3r-v: Calendar. ff. 4r-31v: An almanac, containing a ser...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1540-1550
Extent:
1 volume