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711. Stowe MS 49

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Stowe MS 49
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LEGENDA AUREA, by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa [1292-1298]. The prologue, "Universum tempus præsentis vitæ," etc., is headed "Incipit prologus super legendas sanctorum quas compilavit frater Jacobus, nacione Januensis, de ordine fratrum prædicatorum," and is followed by a table of co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

712. Stowe MS 50

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Stowe MS 50
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Vol. I. ff. 242. Late xvth cent. Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa: Legenda Aurea: late 15th cent.: Fr. transl. by Jean de Vignay. Jean de Vignay: Translation of the Legenda Aurea: late 15th cent.: Fr. Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Legenda Aurea: miniature and border: late 15...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

713. Stowe MS 50-51

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Stowe MS 50-51
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LA LEGENDE DORÉE: the French version of the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine, made by Jean de Vignay, circ. 1340, including the additional Lives given by De Vignay for which there is no original in Jacobus. There are in all 236 narratives, including those which refer to Festivals as well as the Lives of the Saints. Begins, without title, with the rubric "Cy comence le prologue de lacteur de ce liure," etc., which introduces the translator's preface, beg. "Monseigneur saint iherome." The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
2 items

714. Stowe MS 51

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Stowe MS 51
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Vol. II. ff. 282. Late xvth cent. Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa: Legenda Aurea: late 15th cent.: Fr. transl. by Jean de Vignay. Jean de Vignay: Translation of the Legenda Aurea: late 15th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

715. Stowe MS 52

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Stowe MS 52
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"VITA beati Thomæ arehiepiscopi et martiris": the Quadrilogus, or compilation by E[lias?] of Evesham, from the four Lives by John of Salisbury, Herbert of Boseham, William of Canterbury, and Alan, Abbot of Tewkesbury. The prologue begins "Post summi favoris dote vestitos," and the Life itself "T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

716. Stowe MS 53

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Stowe MS 53
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"THE LIVES Of Women Saints of our Contrie of England; also some other lives of holie women written by some of the auncient ffathers." A compilation of the early 17th century, including the following Lives, for some of which the sources are quoted: — SS. Helena (from Baronius). f. 21b; — Ursula (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

717. Stowe MS 54

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Stowe MS 54
Title:
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César
Scope & Content:
Contents: Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (or Histoire Universelle), a universal history from the time of Thebes to 60 BC, as follows: ff. 2r-30r: The story of Thebes from the birth of Oedipus to the conquest by Theseus and the story of Hercules; ff. 30v-45r: The siege and capture of Troy, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

718. Stowe MS 54-57

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Stowe MS 54-57
Title:
SECT. I. — GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-18th century
Extent:
4 items

719. Stowe MS 54-310

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Stowe MS 54-310
Title:
CLASS IV. HISTORY.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
12th century-19th century
Extent:
257 items

720. Stowe MS 55

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Stowe MS 55
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"CHRONOLOGIA tum Sacra tum profana et Romana," from Sulpicius Severus, Justinus, Cornelius Nepos, Florus, Paterculus, etc. It begins with the Creation, and was intended to be carried down to the death of Augustus, but actually ends in B.C. 354, which is given as A.M. 5098, O1. cvi. 3, and A.U.C....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1745-1758]
Extent:
1 item

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