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1. Add MS 35283-35298

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Title:
Belonged to the collection of MSS. formed by Bertram Ashburnham, fourth Earl of Ashburnham (ob. 1878), being comprised in the particular section known as the "Appendix" (see the Catalogue of the MSS. at Ashburnham Place, Appendix). They were purchased at a sale of a portion of the "Appendix" at the auctionrooms of Messrs. Sotheby, 1 May, 1899.
Scope & Content:
The volumes were purchased at a sale of a portion of the "Appendix" at the auctionrooms of Messrs. Sotheby, 1 May, 1899.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-17th century
Extent:
16 items

2. Add MS 35289

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Title:
Chanson d'Aspremont
Scope & Content:
Contents: Chanson d’Aspremont, verses 24-376 and 395-540. Aspremont is the second of three chansons de geste of the Charlemagne cycle from the late 12th century, narrating Charlemagne's early expedition across the Alps to Aspremont in Italy to retake land in Calabria from the Saracen king, Agolant. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Add MS 35294

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Title:
Wardrobe account of Eleanor of Castile
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the wardrobe account, or Liber Garderobe, of Eleanor of Castile, (b. c. 1240, d. 1290), Queen consort to King Edward I (r. 1272-1307). The account was compiled by Queen Eleanor's treasurer, John of Berewyk (fl. 1279-1312), and records a set of her receipts and expenses from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
[29 Sep 1289-30 Dec 1290]
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 36614

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Title:
1. PERCEVAL le Gallois, or the Conte du Graal, a poem left unfinished by Chrestien de Troyes, and continued by various writers; in about 32000 octosyllabic lines. French. f. 4. Begins with the usual prologue " Qui petit seimme petit queut," etc., in 66 lines (see Perceval le Gallois, ed. Ch. Potvin, Soc. des Bibliophiles Belges, Mons, 1865-1872, vol. ii. p. 307); omitting the preliminary " Élucidation de l'histoire du Graal" with which the Mons MS. begins (ib. ii. p. 1). This is followed by the ...
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includes: f. 4 Romances: Perceval le Gallois: 13th cent.: Fr. f. 4 Poetry: Perceval le Gallois, by Chrestien de Troyes: 13th cent. f. 4 Perceval: Perceval le Gallois: 13th cent. f. 4 Grail, The Holy: Perceval le Gallois, or the Conte du Graal: 13th cent. f. 4 Chrestien de Troyes: Perceval le Gallois...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 36615

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Title:
The Chanson of Godfrey of Bouillon ('Le Chevalier au Cygne')
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THE CHANSON of Godfrey of Bouillon, or (as it is more usually called, from its opening branch) Le Chevalier au Cygne. French. In about 55,000 lines of rhyming alexandrines. Without any formal division, but containing the following branches, according to the classification usually adopted (see L. Gau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

6. Add MS 36616

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MISSAL of Franciscan use. The contents are as follows (artt. 1 and 2 being additions in a late 14th-early 15th cont. hand) :- 1. Calendar (Jan. and Feb. wanting). f. 1. Many saints associated with the Low Countries (Gertrude, Servacius, Boniface, Hubert, Willibrord, Cunibert and Lebuin); but also Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia (28 Sept.), and Elzear, Baron of Ansouis in Provence and Count of Ariano in Apulia (27 Sept.). Though clearly a Franciscan calendar, none of the special anniversaries denotin...
Scope & Content:
Liturgies LATIN: Missal, of Franciscan use: 14th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Missal: miniature-initials and borders: 14th cent. includes: f. 168 Dukes of Burgundy: Arms: late 15th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 36617

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Title:
Al-Zahrawi, Chirurgia d'Albucasis, in a Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona; Arabic-Latin glossary of medical terms
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illustrated Latin translation of the Chirurgia d'Albucasis, a treatise on surgery by the Arabic physician and surgeon Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari (b. 936, d. 1013), commonly known as 'al-Zahrawi'. The treatise represents the 30th and final volum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

8. Add MS 36618

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Title:
" FORI ARAGONUM " and " Observantiae " : charters and laws of Aragon, etc. The references below are to the Saragossa edition, Fori et Observantiae, 1542. 1. " Incipiunt fori Aragonie ": the compilation by Vitalis de Canellas, Bishop of Huesea, promulgated by James l., King of Aragon, with consent of his assembled nobles, etc., at Huesca in Jan. 1247. Latin. In eight books. Preface by the bishop (for this the edition substitutes a royal decree), beg. " Cum de foris Aragonie." The text exhibits co...
Scope & Content:
Law of Spain: Fori Aragonum et Observantiae: 14th cent.: Lat. and Span. Art. Illuminations and Drawings SPANISH: Laws of Aragon: initials with figures: 14th cent. includes: f. 2 James I of Spain; of Aragon: Fori Aragoniae, promulgated at Huesca 1247: 14th cent.: Lat. f. 2 Vitalis de Canellas, Bishop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 36619

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Title:
ORDINANCE of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, for the discipline and equipment of his military levies (gens de guerre de son ordonnance). Dated " en l'abbaye de Saint Maximi[n] lez la cite de Treues le - iour de - lan de grace mil quatrecens soixante et treize." Printed in Gen. Guillaume's Hist. de l'Organisation Militaire sous les Ducs de Bourgogne (Mém. Acad. Belg. tom. xxii., 1848), app. H. The ordinance as there given is stated to have been found in Charles' tent after the battle of Morat...
Scope & Content:
Charles the Bold; Duke of Burgundy: Ordinance for military levies: 1473.: Fr. Bookplates: Arms (Carter or Heselden ?). Bindings FRENCH: Crimson velvet, gilt bosses and clasps: 19th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings FLEMISH: Ordinances of Charles the Bold : large miniature and initials: circ. 147...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1473
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 36620

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Title:
"DEMONSTRANCE pour enseignier ceulz qui ne sceuent le fait des monnoyes selon ce que len est accoustume es monnoyes ": a handbook of information as to the coinage in Flanders, circ. 1476 (see below, art. 6). The principal contents are 1. " Comment len liure et fait compte de fin ar-ent ou de grenaille." f. 4 b. 2. " Lenseignement sur le fait des monnoyes dor." f. 9 b. 3. " Enseignement de contrefaiz flourins de Rin de deux manieres." f. 11 b. 4. Instructions for " quiconques veult trouuer le dro...
Scope & Content:
Chrétien François de Lamoignon, Garde des Sceaux de France: Book-plate: 18th cent. Flanders: Handbook on the coinage: circ. 1476.: Fr. Coinage: Handbook on the coinage in Flanders: circ. 1476.: Fr. Bookplates: Lamoignon (Chretien Francois de): 18th cent. includes: f. 82 Recipes: "Pour faire eaue for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

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