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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X Name George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760 Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

1. Royal MS 1 A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 A XIV
Title:
Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the four Gospels in English, in the Anglo-Saxon or Wessex version, with flyleaves from a Latin missal of the 13th century. The Gospels are arranged as follows: Mark (ff. 3r-32r); Matthew (ff. 33r-82r); Luke (ff. 83r-133v); John (ff. 135r-174v) and were probably copied se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1150-1200
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Royal MS 2 A XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 A XVI
Title:
Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes a Psalter with three Canticles, known as the Psalter of Henry VIII. The text is preceded by the dedicatory letter by Jean Mallard (ff. 1v-2v), who wrote and probably illuminated the manuscript, incipit: 'Regium istud Davidis'. Mallard's other works include Royal MS 7 D XI...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1540-1541
Extent:

176 folios.

3. Royal MS 7 D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 7 D X
Title:
Prayers and meditations (the 'Prayerbook of Princess Elizabeth')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes a collection of prayers translated into Latin, French and Italian by Princess, afterwards Queen, Elizabeth when she was twelve years old; preceded by a Latin dedication to Henry VIII (ff. 1r-5r). This preface preface dated 30 December 1545 and addressed from Hertford is t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1545
Extent:

Parchment codex