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21. Stowe MS 574

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 574
Title:
Miscellaneous collections, from the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I and VI
Scope & Content:
A volume of miscellaneous texts from the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I and VI. ff. 2r–v: 'The order of the queenes goinge to the Perlament.' f. 3r: Copy of a letter from James I to Robert "Lye" [Lee], Lord Mayor, and the Aldermen of London, on his accession, 28 March 1603, Holyrood. Anoth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

22. Stowe MS 583

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 583
Title:
Heraldic manuscript, with the order of the christenings of Prince Arthur (1486–1502) and Prince Edward (1537–1553), and pen and ink drawings of processions
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–41r: Heraldic manuscript, with the order of the christenings of Prince Arthur (1486–1502) and Prince Edward (1537–1553), and pen and ink drawings of processions. f. 1r: Contents list in a modern hand, with the note ‘given to me by Mr Bennet. 1768.’ f. 2v: Fragment of a 16th-century rece...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

23. 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

24. Stowe MS 930

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 930
Title:
Register of Durham Cathedral Priory, including the ‘Bolden Book’
Scope & Content:
Composite miscellaneous register, 13th–late 14th century, with additions to the 15th century. Durham, University Library, Archives and Special Collections, MS Mickleton and Spearman 13, f. 210 is a leaf wanting in the Stowe volume before f. 35. ff. 3r–8r: Statutes for Durham Peculiars; edited ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century-Late 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

25. Stowe MS 944

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 944
Title:
Liber vitae ('The New Minster Liber Vitae')
Scope & Content:
The core of this volume is a Liber vitae consisting of lists of names of brethren and benefactors of the New Minster, Winchester, recorded for commendation to God during daily mass, combined originally with a Gospel Lectionary, and supplemented with several historical texts. Contents: ff. 1r-5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1031-1771
Extent:

1 volume

26. Stowe MS 955

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 955
Title:
Pierre Sala, Petit Livre d'Amour (Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the collection of love poems known as LePetit Livre d'Amour (also known as Emblesmes et Devises d'Amour) by the French writer and collector Pierre Sala, copied c. 1500 (ff. 1r-17v), and an 18th-century transcript of this collection (ff. 18r-34r). Contents: ff. 1r-17v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:

1 volume

27. Stowe MS 961

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 961
Title:
Poems by John Donne
Scope & Content:
Volume containing 102 poems by John Donne, poet and Church of England clergyman (1572–1631), with others by Francis Beaumont, Ben Jonson, John Hoskyns, Henry Constable and William Herbert, third Earl of Pembroke. ff. 1r-3r John Donne, ‘Satyre II’. Copy titled ‘Satyre’, beginning ‘Sir though (I ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1623-1633
Extent:
1 volume

28. Stowe MS 962

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 962
Title:
Collection of poetry by John Donne and others
Scope & Content:
Collection of poetry, including works by John Donne, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ben Jonson, Thomas Carew, Francis Bacon, Sir Kenelm Digby, Francis Phillips, Richard Corbett, Henry King, Thomas Campion, George Morley, William Strode, John Grange, Michael Drayton, John Ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1637
Extent:
1 volume

29. Stowe MS 1016

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1016
Title:
Fra Giovanni Giocondo, Sylloge (in the third recension); Fabius Victor, De xiv urbis regionibus; Marcus Valerius Probus, De notis antiquis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Roman Calendar; ff. 4r-245r: Fra Giovanni Giocondo, Sylloge, in the third recension; ff. 246r-253v: Fabius Victor (also known as Publius), De xiv urbis regionibus; ff. [254r-269v]: Marcus Valerius Probus, De notis antiquis; ff. [270r-271v]: Index of inscriptions. Deco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
c 1502
Extent:

1 volume

30. 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