Contents: ff. 2r-7r: John Somer, Chronicle entitled ‘Cronica quedam brevis ffratris Iohannis Somour ordinis sancti Ffrancisci de conventu ville Briggewalter’. f. 7v: computistical tables. Decoration: Highlighting in red.
Contents: ff. 131r-142r: An untitled Chronicle to AD 1292, partially illegible, beginning: ‘in Vallia Iuor filius Tad’ Walad’ regnavit super Wallenses xlix annis’. ff. 142r-144r: An entitled Summary of the Brut, beginning: ‘[B]rutus entra la terre que ore est apele Engelterre’, and ending: ‘il...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Contents: ff. 3r-54r: A Chronicle from Brutus to AD 1335/6. ff. 55r-56r: A table of contents for the preceding chronicle. [ff. 54v, 56v are blank]. Decoration: Medium and small initials in brown ink.
Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury; petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury; a letter of Pope John XXII; sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension (macaronic), and All Saints
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Contents: ff. 3r-4v: Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury. ff. 4v-6r: Petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury. f. 6r: A letter of Pope John XXII (r. 1316–1334). ff. 6v-12v: Sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension, and ...
Sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12 (partially macaronic)
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Contents: ff. 103r-106v: Anonymous, sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12; including a macaronic section on ff. 105v-106r concerning the Raising of Lazarus. Decoration: No decoration
Contents: ff. 94r-123r: The Rule of St Benedict [Regula Sancti Benedicti], entitled: ‘Admonitio Sancti Benedicti Abbatis Ad Monachos’. Decoration: 1 large (6-line) arabesque green initial with penwork decoration in red and purple (f. 94r); large (3- or 4-line) arabesque initials in green, pu...