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1. Add MS 4897

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLI (ff. 271). Medical treatises, receipts, etc., mostly by writers of the 14th century, transcribed by several hands, probably in the Netherlands, mainly in 1494-1496. Latin and Low German. The principal items are:- (1) A short treatise in four parts on the plague by Johannes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Low German
Date Range:
1460-1499
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4899

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Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones
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This manuscript contains a selection of the Sermones (Sermons) by Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), abbot of Clairvaux and one of the leading theologians of the 12th century. The manuscript was produced in England in the 12th century and belonged to the Carthusian abbey of Witham in the 15th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
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A parchment codex

3. Add MS 8151

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'THE MIRROR OF LIFE': an English verse translation by the 14th cent. writer William of Nassyngton from a Latin work by John of Waldby, with other verses; mid-late 15th cent. Origin: England. The contents are listed in Carleton Brown, A register of Middle English Religious and Didactic verse, pt. 1 (1916), p. 387. Lists of MSS. of the texts and bibliography can be found at the appropriate entry in Carleton Brown and R. H. Robbins, The Index of Middle English Verse (1943) and Supplement (1965). Ow...
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includes: ff. 3-200v Poetry ENGLISH: John, of Waldby: William, of Nassyngton: 'The Mirror of Life', by John of Waldby, translated by William of Nassyngton: mid-late 15th cent. ff. 3-58 passim Watermarks: Unicorn's head: mid 15th cent. ff. 59-150 passim, 154, 159 Watermarks: Mont: mid 15th cent. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century-Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item