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1. Add Ch 11271

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Title:
Acknowledgement by Marie, abbess of St Stephen’s Abbey, Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement by Marie, abbess of St Étienne’s Abbey, Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons, that the abbey owes them two bushels of winter grain. In return, the Templars quitclaim all right to the tithes of Mariuas and Villeneuve. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘de labess d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1233
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 11282

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Title:
Grant by Odelina de Trachy, abbess of St Mary of Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons, of Ermengarde and her daughter Helota
Scope & Content:
Grant by Odelina de Trachy [r. 1257-73], abbess of St Mary of Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons and their preceptor Pierre Bouana, of Ermengarde, daughter of Helindis Lahasar, and her daughter Helota; given June 1264. Endorsed: in a late 13th-century hand, ‘m. de ff. / De Les...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1264
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Add Ch 13945

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Title:
Confirmation by Alfonso of Brienne, count of Eu, and his wife Marie de Lusignan, of a grant to the Abbey of St Anthony, Paris
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Confirmation by Alfonso of Brienne (b. c. 1228, d. 1270), Count of Eu and Grand Chamberlain of France, and his wife Marie de Lusignan (b. c. 1223, d. 1260), with Jean Mathieu, of a grant of 15 bushels of wheat a year to the Abbey of St Anthony, Paris; March 1255. Affixed with two seals. The fir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mar 1255
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Add Ch 46402

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Title:
Grant of Berengaria of Navarre, widowed Queen of England, of rents and lands to the abbey of L’Épau
Scope & Content:
Berengaria of Navarre (b. c. 1165, d. 1230), widowed Queen of England (the widow of Richard I, r. 1189-1199), grants rents and lands to the abbey of L’Épau in Le Mans, France. The Cistercian abbey of L’Épau was founded by Berengaria in 1229. Given in 1230 before Berengaria's death in December ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1230
Extent:
1 leaf

5. Add Ch 46912

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Title:
Confirmation by Alix, countess of Eu, to Hastings Priory, of grants in the county of Eu
Scope & Content:
Confirmation by Alix [d. 1246], countess of Eu, to Hastings Priory, of all their benefices and all of their tenements, woods, waters, plains, pastures and other things given to them in her county. This is followed by an extensive list of the priory’s property and their locations. In return, the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1241
Extent:
1 leaf

6. Add Ch 62759

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Title:
Acquittance by Eleanor, abbess of Fontevrault, of a payment from the tolls of Blois
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Acquittance by Eleanor, abbess of Fontevrault, of a payment from the tolls of Blois; given 3 November 1326. Affixed with three seals. The first, fragmentary, brown, with a partial image of a fleur-de-lys, with a fragmentary legend, ‘…di’. The second, fragmentary, brown, with a partial robed fig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1326
Extent:
1 leaf

7. Add MS 6523

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Title:
Gospel of St Luke, glossed
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the Gospel of Luke with interlinear and marginal Gloss. It was probably produced in France (ex. info Michael Gullick), but was in England by the first half of the 16th century. Contents: ff. 1v-156v: The Gospel of Luke with marginal and interlinear Gloss,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

8. Add MS 8091

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Title:
Gospel of St John with glosses
Scope & Content:
This early 12th-century manuscript contains the Gospel of John with marginal and interlinear Glossa ordinaria. The Gloss is a commentary on the Bible that was compiled under the auspices of the French theologian Anselm of Laon (d. 1117) in the late 11th or early 12th century. Since the size of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

9. Add MS 10084

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Title:
Gaius Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum; Bellum Civile; Bellum Alexandrinum; Bellum Africanum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-60r: Gaius Julius Caesar (b. 100 BC, d. 44 BC), Bellum Gallicum (The War in Gaul), beginning: ‘[G]allia est omnia divisa in partes tres’. ff. 60r-94r: Gaius Julius Caesar, Bellum Civile (The Civil War), beginning: ‘Litteris C[aii] Cesaris a Fabio consulibus redditis’. ff. 94r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

10. Add MS 11983

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Title:
Seneca the Younger, De Clementia, Apocolocyntosis or Ludus de Morte Claudii, Proverbia, De Beneficiis; Publilius Syrus, Proverbia Senecae Secundum Ordinem Alphabeti; Ausonius, Versus de Duodecim Caesarum, Tetrasticha; Epitaphium Senecae; anonymous verses in praise of England; Marbod of Rennes, De Ornamentis Verborum; Hermes Trismegistus, Asclepius
Scope & Content:
This manuscript from c. 1100 contains a collection of works by and related to Seneca the Younger (b. 4 BC, d. 65AD), together with those by Ausonius (b. c. 310, d. 395) and Marbod of Rennes (b. c. 1035, d. 1123). Contents: ff. 4r-21v: Seneca, De Clementia (On Mercy), beginning: ‘Scribere de cl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1075-c 1125
Extent:
A parchment codex

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