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51. Sloane MS 2419

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Sloane MS 2419
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Francis I; King of France: MS. belonged to his mother, Louise de Savoye, when Regent: in 1516. Owners of Manuscripts: Savoy (Louise de), Comtessa d'Angoulême; Regent of France: 1516. Liturgies LATIN: Horae B. Mariæ Virginis: 14th-16th cent.: Lat. and Fr.: Fragm. Art. Illuminations and Drawing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item

52. Sloane MS 3548

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Sloane MS 3548
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Receipts: Miscellaneous receipts: 14th cent.: Dutch, Fr., and Lat. Owners of Manuscripts: Maycotte (Robert). includes: ff. 1-6 Psalter: Orationes omnium psalmorum in psalterio: 15th cent. ff. 2-6 Liturgies LATIN: Orationes omnium psalmorum in psalterio: 15th cent.: Imperf. f. 6 Jerusalem: Hie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

53. Add MS 11037

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Add MS 11037
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SALUTATIONES Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, secundum ordinem Psalterii;- Orationes ad Sanctos, etc. Membranaceus, sec. xiv. incipientis. Quarto. [l1,037.]
Scope & Content:
Prayers: Orationes, et preces piæ. Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Salutationes B. M. V. secundum ordinem Psalterii.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

54. Add MS 29886

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Add MS 29886
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BREVIARY of French use. Latin. From the prominence given in the calendar to the festival of St. Lo, Bishop of Coutances, 22 Sept., and from the inserted entries "Dedicatio ecclesie Costantie," 12 July, and "Dedicatio beati Laurentii de Esquoquevilla" [Esqueudreville or Escoville, in the Côtentin], 28 July, it is probable that the use is that of Coutances. Besides the full Breviary there are included:- 1. "Summa super canonem misse edita a fratre Petro monacho ill Burgundia," f. 346 b. 2....
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Liturgies LATIN: Breviarium, Coutances use: 1308. Manuscripts, Dated (to A.D. 1500) Latin and Modern Languages: MSS: AD 919 - AD 1500. Escoville, Normandy: Note of the dedication of the church of St. Lawrence: circ. 1308. Coutances, France: Breviary of the use of Coutances: circ. 1308.: Lat. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1308-1552
Extent:
1 item

55. Add MS 29434

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Add MS 29434
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LIFE of the Virgin Mary, in Latin rhyming verse, divided into four books, with a prologue to each and occasional notes, and a general "Glosa" describing the sources of compilation prefixed. The authorities mentioned are Epiphanius, Ignatius, John of Damascus, Theophilus, the Evangelia Nazarenorum and Hebreorum, the Speculum Ecelesiæ of Honorius of Autun, etc. Wanting two leaves at the end. The first words of the Life are, "In ciuitate nazaret de terra galylea Homo quidam habitabat ortus ex i...
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Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Life, in verse: 14th cent.: Lat. Art. Illuminations and Drawings FLEMISH: Life of the Virgin. Drawings: 14th cent. includes: f. 139 Liturgies LATIN: Fly-leaves from Servicebooks: 10th-15th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 item

56. Add MS 14812

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Add MS 14812
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STATUTA, provisiones, ordinamenta et reformationes Artis Barbitonsorum civitatis Perusii, facta anno 1407;-Statuta alia, reformationes, provisiones, etc. Artis Barbitonsorum, annis 1450,1453,1474-6, 1489-1492 ; -Matricula, sive Registrum nomintim sociorum ejusdem Collegii Barbitonsorum, ab anno circiter 1407, ad annum 1698 deducta;- Alia statuta et ordinationes dictæ Artis, annis 1516, 1530, 1586. On vellum, in the original binding. At the beginning of the volume is a large miniature, repr...
Scope & Content:
Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Miniature of: 1332. Peugia: Statuta, etc., Artis Barbitonsorum Perusii, 1407-1586; necnon Registrum nominum sociorum: 1407-1692. Saint Herculanus: Miniature of: 1332.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1332-1698
Extent:
1 item

57. Add MS 18027

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Add MS 18027
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"LIBER apparicionum et visionum B. Marie Virginis," auctore Johanne, monacho de Moriginato, f. 2; Ejusdem "liber beate Virginis gloriose Marie, qui Liber Florum celestis doctrine appellatur," f. 15 b; "Liber figurarum beate Marie Virginis gloriose, de nova compilacione;" auctore eodem, f. 71 b. Vellum; written by Albertus de Judenberga [in Styria] in the year 1374. Without figures. Quarto. [Add. 18,027.]
Scope & Content:
Dated Mss. European German: Liber apparicionum B. Mariæ Virginis, etc., Judenburg: 1374. Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Liber Johannis, monachi de Moriginato, de S. Maria Virgine. Albertus de Judenberga: Wrote: in 1374. Johannes, Monachus de Moriginato: Liber de B. Maria, Virgine.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1374
Extent:
1 item

58. Add MS 29984

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Add MS 29984
Title:
1. LIVES and passions of Saints, viz. : SS. Anne, Joseph the Just, Simeon, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, James the Apostle, James the Less, Simon and Jude, and Servatius; with the Epistles of SS. John, James, and Jude, sermons on the Presentation and Visitation of the Virgin Mary, etc. In 19 chapters (ii-xx), although a table at the beginning contains a list of five more. Lat. f. 1 b. 2. " Liber de vita beatissime et gloriosissime Virginis Marie, totaliter ex dictis autenticis san...
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includes: ff. 1-59 Lives of Saints: Lives and passions: 15th cent.: Lat. f. 60 Nicholaus de Argentina: Life of the Virgin Mary: 15th cent. f. 60 Bernardus Stephani, Papal Notary: Life of the Virgin dedicated to, by N. de Argentina: 15th cent. f. 60 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Vita, a N. de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item

59. Add MS 30935

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Add MS 30935
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MISCELLANEOUS tracts, in Latin, viz. :- 1." Memoria venerabilis magistri Theodorici Engelhusz," a monk of Wittenburg, near Hildesheim, ob. 1434. f. 3. 2. "Isti pape instituerunt successive divinum officium." f. 3. 3. Reistrum in librum sanctissime domine Brigitte ": an index to the Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden. f. 3 b. 4. " Auctoritates illustres Senece," and " Excerpta Senece de Beneficiis." f. 36. 5. " Avisamentum future diete anno 14460 Nurnberge celebrande." f. 49. 6....
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Theology: Tracts: 15th cent.: Lat. Bindings GERMAN: Stamped leather: 15th cent. includes: f. 3 Liturgies Commentaries and Miscellanea: Papæ qui instituerunt divinum officium: 15th cent. f. 3 Theodoricus Engelhusz, Monk of Wittenburg, ob. 1434: Memoria: 15th cent. f. 3 b Saint Bridget,; of Swe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

60. Add MS 17414

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Add MS 17414
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MAURI SERVII HONORATI Commentarius in Georgica Virgilii (imperf.), f. 1; Henrici Florentini, sive Septimellensis, poema de Diversitate Fortunæ, f. 67; Tractatus de Prosodia, f. 86; Hymni ad Virginem Mariam, etc., f. 9l; Petri Diaconi de Historia Romana fragmentum, f. 95; M. Tullii Ciceronis dialogus de Amicitia (imperf.), f. 98; Ejusdem Rhetoricorum fragmentum, f. 110; Courts held by Paulino de Cauleto, Captain of the Castle of Massa, in Tuscany, 1431 (?); with account of expenses, 1413-1419...
Scope & Content:
Topography Italy: Courts held at Massa, in Tuscany: 1413-1419. includes: f. 1 Publius Virgilius Maro: Commentarius Servii Georgica. f. 1 Servius Honoratus Maurus, Grammaticus: Commentarius in Georgica Virgilli. f. 67 Henricus, Florentinus sive Septimellensis: Poema de diversitate Fortunæ. f. 8...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

61. Add MS 27580

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Add MS 27580
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THEOLOGICAL and other tracts, in Latin, viz.:- 1. "Allegantæ [elegantiae] minores [Latini sermonis] viri præclarissimi Laurentii Valla," f. 1. 2. Verses on the divisions of the months in the Latin calendar, f. 26. 3. "Tractatulus de peccato originali secundum fratrem Egidium [de Columna], Romanum, ordinis hermitarum, in 7 eapitulis diuisum, swundum quod septem Litteris scribitur hoe nomen pecatum," f. 27. 4. "De præstantia philosophi et iurisconsulti; disputatio Mengi Blankelli, Fauen...
Scope & Content:
Theology LATIN: Tractatus varii: 12th - 15th cent. Manuscripts, Dated (to A.D. 1500) Latin and Modern Languages: MSS: AD 919 - AD 1500. Bindings ITALIAN: Stamped leather: interlaced pattern, etc.: 16th cent. includes: ff. 1-25 Lorenzo Valla: Elegantiæ minores: 15th cent. f. 26 Almanacs: Vers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

62. Arundel MS 168

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Arundel MS 168
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Paper and Vellum, folio, ff. 85, xv. Cent. 1. A poem to the Virgin Mary, consisting of an introductory stanza and 22 others, of which the initial words follow the succession of the letters of the alphabet; the stanzas are of eight lines. fol. 1. Beginning, "Criste God me spede now in my lityll...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

63. Arundel MS 203

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Arundel MS 203
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Membranaceus, in 8vo., ff. 111, sec. xv., quondam Thomæ Parker de Wyllyngton in com. Sussex. 1. Hymnus ad Vinginem; manu recentiori. fol. 1. Incip. "Ave venerabilis . mater pietatis, Maria mirabilis . forma sanctitatis." 2. Kalendarium. fol. 2. 3. Horæ B. M. Virginis. fol. 9. 4. Septem Psa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

64. Arundel MS 249

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Arundel MS 249
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Codex partim membranaceus, partim chartaceus, ff. 120, sec. XV. 1. "Tractatus libri honeste vite, editus a Martino [Dumiensi sive Braccarensi] Episcopo, qui a multis intitulatur, De quatuor virtutibus, et attribuitur Senece." fol. Ad calcem: "Explicit tractatus de quatuor virtutibus Annei Sene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

65. Arundel MS 305

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Arundel MS 305
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Membranaeeus, in 12mo., ff. 294, sec. xv. 1. Carmen rhythm icum in laudem. B Mariæ Virginis. fol. 1. Incip. "Mente gaudens, predicabo Dei matrem et laudabo, Cui carmen decantabo." 2. Kalendarium, in quo notantur recentiori manu dies obituales quorundam Henrici et Johannæ Spycer. fol. 2. 3. P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

66. Arundel MS 341

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Arundel MS 341
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Membranaceus, in 4to, ff. 154, sec. xv., picturis pluribus adornatus; olim, ut videtur, Thomæ Pelstede, qui natus est 16 Jun. 1515. 1. Kalendarium, in quo notatur dies obitualis Johannis Floctone. fol. 1. 2. Orationes ad Jesum Christum. fol. 7. 3. Orationes ad S. Trinitatem. fol. 14. 4. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

67. Add MS 11620

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Add MS 11620
Title:
ORGANON Beatæ Mariæ Virginis; Æthiopice: a Doctore Nabessino, Abba Georgio, concinnatum. Codex membranaceus, sec. xv. In Quarto minori. [11,620.]
Scope & Content:
Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Organon B. M. V. a doctore Nabessino Abba Georgio concinnatum.: Æthopice. Georgius, Abbas Rabessinus: Organon Beatae Mariæ Virginis. Æthiopice. Æthiopic MSS:.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Geez
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

68. Add MS 41497

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Add MS 41497
Title:
HOURS,of Évreux use, etc., in Latin.Contents:-(1)Calendar, in red and blue. Among the entries are the following local feasts (cf. Add. MSS. 26655, ff. 2-7b, and 38688, ff. 42-47b):-Gaudus [Bp. of Évreux] (31 Jan.), Aquilinus [Bp. of Évreux] (15 Feb.), Maximus and Venerandus [martyrs in the diocese of Évreux] (25 May), Turiavus [Bp. of Doll (13 July), Taurinus [Bp. of Évreux] (9 for 11 Aug.), Laudulph [Bp. of Évreux] (13 Aug.), [Invention of] Taurinus (5 Sept.). ff. 3-14b;-(2) The four Gospel...
Scope & Content:
Liturgies LATIN: Hours of Évreux use: 15th cent. Evreux, France: Hours of Éreux use: 15th cent. Bindings FRENCH: Black morocco, stamped: circ. 17th cent. includes: ff. 3-14b Calendars: Calendar in Hours (Évreux): 15th cent.: Lat.ff. 116-119 Hymns: Hymn on the Seven joys of the Virgin: 15...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

69. Add MS 41507

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Add MS 41507
Title:
ANTIPHONS, Responds, Hymns, etc., in Latin, compiled probably for use by Dominicans, mainly noted in square notation on a four-lined stave. In most cases there is close agreement between this MS. and the 13th-cent. Dominican office-book in Add. MS. 23935, as well as the Breviarium secundum ordinem sancti Dominici, printed by Anthonius Koberger, Nürnberg, I485. The most noteworthy items, with references to U. Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum, are:-(i) St Peter Martyr (29 Apr.), antiphons a...
Scope & Content:
Orders Religious. Dominicans: Antiphons, hymns, etc., compiled for use by: 14th-15th centt.: Lat. Liturgies LATIN: Antiphons, Hymns, etc., compiled probably for Dominicans, written in Germany (?): 14th-15th centt. Bindings GERMAN: Wooden boards, covered with brown tooled leather: 15th cent. i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th and 15th century
Extent:
1 item

70. Add MS 14817

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Add MS 14817
Title:
A POEM, in eighteen chapters, written in praise of, and dedicated to, Lodovico Maria Sforza Visconti (Il Moro) Duke of Bari, [born in 1451] by Bernardino de' Capitanei da Landriano, " Doctors de l'una et l'altra censura." At the commencement are prefixed three Sonnets, and at the end are some verses in praise of the Virgin Mary. On vellum, very beautifully written and ornamented, being no doubt the presentation copy from the author. Small Folio. [14,817]
Scope & Content:
Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Verses in praise of. Bernardino de' Capitanei da Landriano: Poem in praise of L. M. Sforza Visconti Duke of Bari.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

71. Add MS 19909

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Add MS 19909
Title:
1. "SERMONES discipuli [scil. Johannis Herolt] super epistolas" Dominicales: written by Johannes Segewynus, 1463, f. 1. 2. Ejusdem promptuarium exemplorum, ordine alphabetico; indice rerum subjuncto, f. 163. 3. Ejusdem "promptuarium de miraculis beate uirginis:" "finitum et completum anno 1473," f. 239. 4. Quædam de officio missæ celebrando, f. 251. 5. "Terribilis reuelacio de malis sacerdotibus:" an extract. f. 253. Paper; xvth cent. On f. 1 is written, "Istum librum dedit dns. Joha...
Scope & Content:
Johannes Segewynus: Wrote: in 1463. Manuscripts, Dated (to A.D. 1500) Latin and Modern Languages: MSS: AD 919 - AD 1500. Bindings GERMAN: Stamped leather: lions, fleurs-de-lis, roses: 15th cent. includes: ff. 1-163 Johannes Herolt, Discipulus: Sermones super epistolas Dominicales: 1463. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

72. Add MS 41196

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Add MS 41196
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS theological tracts, as follows:- (1) "Officium de corpore Ihesu Christi": a copy of the bull of Urban IV [11 Aug. 1264], instituting the feast of Corpus Christi (Potthast, Regesta, no. 18999; Magnum Bullarium Romanorum Pontificum, Aug. Taurinorum, iii, 1858, pp. 705-708), omitting the clauses at the end relating to indulgences. Beg. "Transiturus de hoe mundo." f. 1. 2. "Incipiunt centum meditationes de passione domini," beg. "Eya mi dulcissime lhesu." Preceded by "Oratio de...
Scope & Content:
Theology LATIN: Miscellaneous. tracts and meditations: 15th cent. Bindings FRENCH: Wooden boards, covered with stamped leather: 15th cent. Sacraments: Prayers and meditations on the Eucharist, etc.: 15th cent.: Lat. Bookplates: Dunn (George), d. 1912. Bookplates: Goldschmidt (Ernst Philip): ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

73. Add MS 18922

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Add MS 18922
Title:
"HYSTORIA de Melibeo [et Prudencia] subtilis;" with a preface by the author to his son Johannes, f. 2; "Tractatus Lucinius appellatus;" history of Lucinius, son of Dolopathos, King of Sicily; with stories of seven wise men of Rome, f. 61b; "Epistola [Sigismundi Imperatoris, 1410] ad et contra civitatem Pragensem," f. 147; "Ympnus confundens Gregorium, alias Errorium, olym Papam" [deposed 1415], f. 161b; "Auctoritates sanctorum doctorum," moral sentences from various authors, f. 162 b; "Impnu...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 2 Melibeus: Historia subtilis de Melibeo et Prudentia. f. 2 Romances: History of Melibeus and Prudencia: Lat. f. 61 b Romances: Story of Dolopathos and the Seven Sages: Lat. f. 61 b Lucinius, Son of Dolopathos, King of Sicily: History of.: Lat. f. 147 Prague, Bohemia: Epistola Impe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

74. Add MS 19252

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Add MS 19252
Title:
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.]
Scope & Content:
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

75. 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.]
Scope & Content:
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

76. Add MS 22767

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Add MS 22767
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Scope & Content:
TRACTATUS theologici: 1. "Liber ac (sic) regimine conscientie Beati bonauenture gardinalis de ordine fratrum Minorum," f. 3. 2. "Opus extractum de libro contra Gentiles S. Thome" Aquinatis, f. 23. 3. Passio sanctarum uirginum Euphemie, Dorothee, Tecle et Erasme," f. 53. 4. "Lectio Sancti E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

77. Add MS 37787

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Add MS 37787
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Scope & Content:
PRAYERS and Meditations, in Latin and English, partly in verse. Much of the English part occurs also in the Vernon MS. in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. 1. Form of confession in Engl. prose, with explanation of the commandments, sins, senses and works of mercy. Printed from the Vernon MS. by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item

78. Add MS 37955 A

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Add MS 37955 A
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Scope & Content:
A. Burial and Assumption of the Virgin; brilliantly coloured, on a background of raised and burnished gold, enclosed within a border filled with tessellated patterns. Sienese style. Early xv. cent. Vellum; 15½ in. x 12 in. Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Illuminated MSS., 1908, No. 269....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item

79. Add MS 43380

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Add MS 43380
Title:
MISSAL, OF YORK USE; early 15th cent. The contents and text agree substantially with those printed, from other sources, by W. G. Henderson, Missals ad Usum Insignis Ecclesiae Eboracensis, 2 vols., Surtees Soc., vols. lix, lx, 1874 for 1872, to whom the existence of the present MS. was unknown. A few of the items printed by Henderson are, however, wanting here, and there are numerous minor textual variations, particularly in the rubrics. Where readings differ, the MS. tends to follow the oth...
Scope & Content:
Bindings: Red morocco, blind-tooled, by Rivière and Son: 20th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings: York Missal: miniature, borders and initials: early 15th cent. Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bound: 20th cent. Liturgies LATIN: Missal of York use: early 15th cent. Music: York Missal: early ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item

80. Add MS 43683

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Add MS 43683
Title:
BOOK OF PRAYERS, etc., partly in verse; 15th cent. Latin and Italian. The parts in Italian are in the dialect of the Veneto, with some Tuscan elements, and include forms apparently peculiar to Verona. The frequent occurrence in the text of the prayers of such phrases as 'me peccatrice famula tua' (f. 19) indicate that the MS. was written for female use: the name 'Isabetha', in some cases subsequently deleted, occurs in the original text of prayers at ff. 3 b, 11b, 70 b, 72; that of Valeria h...
Scope & Content:
Prayers: Prayers, verse and prose: 15th cent.: Lat. and Ital. includes: ff. 1-19, 38b-61, 63-67 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Prayers to: 15th cent.: Lat. and Ital.ff. 15-16 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: The joys of: 15th cent.: Lat.f. 19b Lodovico Pasini, alias Paxin: Inscription ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

81. Add MS 39574

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Add MS 39574
Title:
THE WHEATLEY MS. Religious pieces in verse and prose, all of which have been edited by Miss M. Day, The Wheatley MS., Early Engl. Text Soc., 1921. Contents:- 1. Orison of the Passion : 154 lines, in rhymed couplets. Edited from Oxford MSS. by C. D'Evelyn, Meditations on the Life and Passion of Christ, E.E.T.S. 1921, p. 60. For other copies see Day, The Wheatley MS., p. ix ; Carleton Brown, Register of M.E. Religious and Didactic Verse, ii, 1920, p. 164 (no. 1082). Beg. " Ihesu þat haste me...
Scope & Content:
Henry Benjamin Wheatley, DCL, FSA: 39574 presented in memory of: 1917. Poetry ENGLISH: Religious poems: 15th cent. includes: ff. v, v b Household, Royal: Fragment of a document connected with Wardrobe accompts (?): temp. Hen. III - Edw. I.f. 1 Sir Israel Gollancz, FBA: Letter to J. P. Gil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item

82. Add MS 39761

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Add MS 39761
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HOURS, etc., in Latin, written in France (possibly at Bourges) for a Scottish lady. The Rev. E. S.Dewick has described the MS.and printed extracts possessing liturgical interest in St. Paul's Ecclesiological Soc. Transactions, vii (1911-15), pp. 109-120. Contents:- (1) Calendar. Dewick notes i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

83. Sloane MS 1785

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Sloane MS 1785
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Sloane 1785 Vellum, in Octavo, ff. 60, XVI and XV Cents.; formerly belonging to Henry Spelman. 1. Alexandri Magni Epistola ad Aristotelem de Mirabilibus Indiae. ff. 2-13. 2. The life of the Virgin Mary in verse by Lydgate; imperfect both at the beginning and the end, and the leaves also in mu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item

84. Sloane MS 2321

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Sloane MS 2321
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Horæ B. Mariæ Virginis: 15th cent. includes: ff. 2-13b Kalendars: Kalendar: 13th cent. f. 14 Hymns: Hymns: 14th cent.: Lat. ff. 14-15 b Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymns to: 15th cent.: Lat. f. 15 b Saint Margaret: Hymn to: 15th cent.: Fr.: verse. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

85. Add MS 48179

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Add MS 48179
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DICTAMINAL TREATISES, theological works, etc., compiled at Reading Abbey and written by ' Abendone' (see artt. 18, 19, below); 15th cent. Latin. 1. ff. 1-3b. Matteo de' Libri, the shorter 'Summa Dictaminis', beg. 'Cum summe plures et optime compilate sint in arte dictaminis'; 13th cent. On Libr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

86. Add MS 10036

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Add MS 10036
Title:
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM by Vespasian and Titus, in English verse : wanting about 1400 lines at the beginning;-The assumption of the Virgin, in English verse ;-A questioun of the peynes of helle, and how soules desireth to haue rest in that place;-The thre arowis that God schal schete at domysdaie apone hem that schullen be dampned;-Paraphrase on the Lord's Prayer, etc. ;-The fifty-first Psalm in English verse. On vellum, of the xvth century. Octavo. [10,036.]
Scope & Content:
Theology: The three arowis that God schal schete at domysdaie. Theology: A questioun of the peynes of helle: in old English. Romances: The destruction of Jerusalem, an old English poem. Poetry ENGLISH: The Assumption of the Virgin: xvth cent. Poetry ENGLISH: The destruction of Jerusalem: xvt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Old
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

87. Add MS 10826

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Add MS 10826
Title:
LI SEPTE PSALMI penitentiali per vulgare devoti ;-Orationes nonnullæ; -Psalterium B. V. Mariæ ;-Psalteria B. V. Mariæ, Prosaice et metrice :-Collecta, orationes, etc. Codex membranaceus, sec. xv. Duodecimo. [10,826]
Scope & Content:
Liturgies and Offices of the Church: Psalteria, B. V. Mariæ. Prayers: Orationes, et preces piæ. Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Psalterium B. V. Mariæ; Psalteria B. V. prosaice et metrice. Bible: Li septe Psalmi Penitentiali.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

88. Add MS 11307

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Add MS 11307
Title:
ENGLISH POEM Of 2252 lines on the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ; accompanied by a recent transcript, by Joseph Haslewood;-Poem of 234 lines on the Acts, of Christ, with a recent transcript;-Poem in the form of a Dialogue between St. Bernard and the Virgin Mary, written in four-line stanzas, with a recent transcript ; - Recent transcripts, by Joseph Haslewood, of three short English poems, the first of which is by W. Hichecoke, and the last by Lydgate. At the end of the volum...
Scope & Content:
Poetry ENGLISH: Dialogue between St. Bernard and the Virgin Mary: xvth cent. Poetry ENGLISH: Poems on the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and on his acts: xvth cent. Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Old English poem, in the form of a dialogue between the Virgin and St. Bernard....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

89. Add MS 11432

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Add MS 11432
Title:
HOURS of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and other offices of the church. In Dutch. On vellum, xvth cent. Small Quarto. [11,432.]
Scope & Content:
Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hours of the B. Virgin.: Dutch. Liturgies and Offices of the Church: Offices of the Church: in Dutch.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

90. Add MS 43473/1-11

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Add MS 43473/1-11
Title:
43473. HOURS, etc., in Latin, except where otherwise stated. Vellum; ff. ii + 130. 228 mm. x 150 mm. Circ. 1413-1416 (in the calendar the obit of Henry IV, 20 Mar. 1413, is entered at f. 2 in the original hand, but St John of Beverley, canonised in 1416, is omitted). Written in England. Gatherings mostly of 8 leaves (i6, v6 [I cancelled], Vii4, ix6, xiv4, xv8 [wants I; 5 cancelled], xvi4 [3 cancelled], xix8 [wants 8]), sometimes with catchwords. Large decorative initials and complete or part...
Scope & Content:
Liturgies LATIN: Hours of Sarum use: early 15th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Horae: historiated initial, bar borders and initials: early 15th cent. Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bound: 20th cent. Bindings: Niger morocco, blind-tooled, by Rivière and Son: 20th cent. includes: f. 1 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1413-1416
Extent:
11 items

91. Add MS 17466

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Add MS 17466
Title:
HORÆ B. Mariæ Virginis; cum Psalmis Pœnitentialibus, Litania et suffragiis Sanctorum (imperf.), f. 2; "Officium in honore Passionis Domini nostri Jesus Christi," cum orationibus et Vigiliis Mortuorum, f. 107; Hymnus ad Virginem Mariam "Salve mater Salvatoris;" with Italian rubric, f. 212. Vellum ; written in Italy, in the year 1412. [See f. 162] At f. 145 b a crest of a praying figure is introduced, with the arms barry arg. and gu.; and at f. 154 a kneeling figure, with a monogram of the let...
Scope & Content:
Liturgies LATIN: Horæ B. Mariæ Virginis.: Latin. includes: f. 107 Liturgies LATIN: Officium in honore Jesus Christi, etc. f. 212 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymns to the Virgin.: Lat. and Eng.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1412
Extent:
1 item

92. Add MS 39638

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Add MS 39638
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PARHAM MS. LVI. PRAYERS, etc., verse and prose, in Flemish and Latin ; and a life of St. Christina in Flemish verse. For previous descriptions see R. Priebsch, Deutsche Handschriften in England, ii, p. 309, and Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche Taal-en Letterkunde, xl, p. 113. 1. Calendar. In red ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, Flemish, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

93. Add MS 39996

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Add MS 39996
Title:
THE AMERICAN TESTIMONIAL MS. Two religious poems, in short couplets. The contents, briefly noted in Prof. Carleton Brown's Register of Middle English Religious Verse, i, p. 487, and ii, pp. 28. 44, etc., are as follows:- 1. Life of Christ, continued after the Resurrection down to the Assumption of the Virgin. In the earlier part the Gospel narratve is freely interspersed with apocryphal legends, as in the Cursor Mundi (ed. R. Morris, E.E.T.S., 1874-93) and similar compositions. The whole p...
Scope & Content:
Poetry ENGLISH: Religious poems: 15th cent. Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Metrical life of Christ and the Virgin: 15th cent.: Engl. Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Life, in verse, of Christ and the Virgin Mary: 15th cent.: Engl. American Testimonial MS: Two religious poems: 15th cent.: Engl. in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

94. Add MS 17481

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Add MS 17481
Title:
HYMN to the Virgin Mary, by [Gregorius] Tiphernus, temp. Pii II. [1458-1461]. Lat., f. 1; "Tracto del Viagio ouero Itinerario composto per Misere Gabriele Capo de Lista; fu peregrino et ando ad Jerusalem nel anno dela Natiuita del nostro Signore MCCCCLXVIIJ," f. 4; "El sanctissimo Viagio dela gloriosa Virgine et Martyre Sancta Katherina; cum alcune altre deuotione de Egypto;" by the same, f. 76. Paper. Duodecimo. [Add. 17,481.]
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Gregorius Tiphernus: Hymn to the Virgin Mary.: Lat. f. 1 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymns to the Virgin.: Lat. and Eng. f. 4 Jerusalem: Journey to, by M. G. Capo de Lista: 1468. f. 4 Misere Gabriele Capo de Lista: Journey to Jerusalem: 1468. f. 76 Saint Catherine,; Virgin a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1468
Extent:
1 item

95. Add MS 11938

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Add MS 11938
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M. TULLII CICERONIS liber de Amicitia;-Ejusdem de Officiis libri III.; Ejusdem Rhetoricæ Novae libri iv.;-Carmen de Virgine Maria. On paper, of the end of the xvth cent. From the Monastery of the Forty Martyrs, near Treviso. Folio. [11,938.] Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Carmen de Virgine Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

96. Arundel MS 285

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Arundel MS 285
Title:
Scottish miscellany of devotional verse and prose
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–224r: A collection of Scottish devotional poetry and prose by various authors. ff. 1r–4v: William Dunbar (d. circa 1530), 'The tabill of confessioun', in twenty-one eight-line stanzas. ff. 5v–46v: Walter Kennedy, 'The passioun of Crist', a poem in stanzas of eight lines. A woodcut, repr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Scots
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

97. Sloane MS 796

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 796
Title:
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1, 2, 55 b-60, 65, 66, 67 William Nelson: Memoranda and accompts rel. to his Will and affairs: 1647. f. 3 Luis de Morales, Padre: Modo de vezar el Rosario de Nuestra Señora: late 16th cent. f. 3 Orders Religious. Augustinians: Modo de rezar el rosario de Nra. Señora dado por el Pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

98. Add MS 35254 L

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Add MS 35254 L
Title:
Scope & Content:
L. Assumption of the Virgin; enclosed within a border of arabesque with eight medallions, four of which contain the arms and devices of Pope Clement VII. (Cat., App. ii. 7). 1523-34. 12 5/8 X 10in. Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Miniatures of the Annunciation, etc., of: 15th cent. Clement VI...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1523-1534
Extent:
1 item

99. Add MS 34395

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Add MS 34395
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. 1. LETTER-BOOK, continuing the correspondence in the preceding volume; 1589-1591. Inserted (ff. 27, 30 b, 33) are three original letters of J[ohn St. John, 2nd Baron] St. John to Sir H. Cromwell; 8 Mar. 1590 [1]-5 Apr. 1591. ff. 1-35. 2. Miscellaneous collections, including (a) Lett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1589-[1605]
Extent:
1 item

100. Add MS 8300

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Add MS 8300
Title:
COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating largely to military and political events in the first half of the 17th century in Italy and elsewhere; 1594-1643. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Partly printed. Contemporary index of contents (ff. 1-2). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Ownership inscription in ink at top of f. 190 (see art. 21) 'Bonifatii Vanozzij' (Vanozzi is also the author of art. 7). Old signature 'Tom. XLVIII' in upper right corn...
Scope & Content:
Bindings: Full vellum: 18th cent. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 3-48v Gabriel Paleotti, Cardinal; Archbishop of Bologna: Extract on papal consistory: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 49-52 Arnaud de Ossat, Cardinal 1598: Clement VIII; Pope: Saluzzo, Piedmont, I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1594-1643
Extent:
1 item

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