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Name Lydgate, John, Monk of Bury S Edmund's

1. Add MS 18632

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Add MS 18632
Title:
THE STORIE of Thebes; a poem by John Lydgate, monk of St. Edmundsbury, f. 1; "De Regimine Principum;" a poem by Thomas Occleve, compiled from the "Secretum Secretorum," attributed to Aristotle, the treatise "De Regimine Principum" of Egidius de Colonna, and the "Liber moralis de ludo Scaccorum" of Jacobus de Cessolis, f. 30. The colophon is "Explicit Hoccleve in Aristotele et Egidio de Regimine Principum et Jacobo de Ciceles, scilicet Chesse." Vellum; finely written in the XVth cent.; given ...
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Lionel Plantagenet, Earl of Ulster; afterwards Duke of Clarence: Household accounts of his wife Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster: 1356-1359. Geoffrey Chaucer: Entries of payments for: 1356-1359. Monastery of Amesbury; Wiltshire: Possessed in: 1508. includes: f. 1 Romances: The Story of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 19252

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Add MS 19252
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LIFE of the Virgin Mary, in verse, by John Lydgate, monk of Bury St. Edmund's. Wanting five leaves. Vellum; early part of the XVth cent. Folio. [Add. 19,252.]
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Literature English: Life of the Virgin, by J. Lydgate: 15th cent. Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Life. John Lydgate, Monk of Bury S Edmund's: Life of tbe Virgin Mary, in verse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 19452

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Add MS 19452
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THE LIFE of the Virgin Mary, "compiled by John Lidgate, monke of Bury, at the excitacion and steringe of oure worschipful Prince Kyng Herry the fifthe." Imperfect at the beginning and end. Vellum, earlier half of the XVth cent. Quarto. [Add. 19,452.]
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Literature English: Life of the Virgin, by J. Lydgate: 15th cent. Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Life. John Lydgate, Monk of Bury S Edmund's: Life of tbe Virgin Mary, in verse.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 21410

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Add MS 21410
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"LE Livre de Johan Bochas des cas des nobles hommes et femes translate de latyn en ffrancoys per Laurence de Premier fait Clerk de diocese de Troics, et fut compile ceste translacyon le xxve jour daurill, mil cccc. et ix." The Book of Giovanni Boccacio "de casibus Virorum illustrium;" translated from the French version into English verse, by John Lydgate, monk of Bury. Imperfect at the beginning. It begins with the sixty-third stanza of the eighth chapter of the first book. On the last leaf ...
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Edward Sutton, 6th Baron Dudley: Sentences written by: 1482-1530. John Lydgate, Monk of Bury S Edmund's: Translation of Boccacio's "De casibus viroruni illustrium": 15th cent.: Imperf. Giovanni Boccaccio: Translation of his "De casibus virorum illustrium," by J. Lidgate: 15th cent.: Imperf. i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 31042

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Add MS 31042
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Collection of English poems and romances, written in a northern dialect by Robert Thornton, the scribe of a similar book in the Lincoln Cathedral Library
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1. Fragment of the latter part of the " Cursor Mundi," beginning at the 56th line of the " Childhood of Mary " (l. 10,630, ed. R. Morris, Early English Text Society, 1874-1878). f. 3. The text is of a different recension from any of those edited by Dr. Morris; it approaches nearest to the Fairfa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 2278

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Harley MS 2278
Title:
John Lydgate, Lives of SS Edmund and Fremund
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The presentation copy of John Lydgate's Lives of SS Edmund and Fremund. Commissioned by Abbot William Curetys for presentation to King Henry VI upon or shortly after his visit to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds between Christmas 1433 and Easter 1434. 2 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1434-1439
Extent:
1 volume

7. Royal MS 18 D II

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Royal MS 18 D II
Title:
John Lydgate, Troy Book and Siege of Thebes, with verses by William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris and others
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The manuscript includes: Added table of contents, 17th century (f. 1r). 1. John Lydgate, Testament (ff. 1v-5r); 2. John Lydgate, Troy Book (ff. 6r-146r); 3. John Lydgate, Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162r); 4. William Cornish, A Treatise between Information and Truth (ff. 163r-164r); 5. John ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1457-c 1530
Extent:

213 + 5 folios.