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1. Yates Thompson MS 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 1
Title:
Bible, with prologues and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names ('The Fécamp Bible')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. ii recto: Partial index of readings, added in the 13th century. ff. 1r-4v: Jerome’s preface to the Vulgate. ff. 4v-524v: Bible. ff. 525r-572v: Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (Interpretations of Hebrew Names), an alphabetical list of Hebrew names found in the Bible, with a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Yates Thompson MS 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 9
Title:
Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)
Scope & Content:
Contents: A copy of the Bible, containing Proverbs-Revelation. This manuscript was formerly known as Add MS 41751 and is the second of two volumes, the first being Harley MS 616, which contains Genesis-Psalms (incomplete). This two-volume Bible is one of the three extant manuscripts of the Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Yates Thompson MS 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 15
Title:
Psalter and Hours, Use of Arras
Scope & Content:
Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Arras, with prayers added in the mid-14th century (ff. 1v-3v). ff. 4r, 16v-17r, 196v, 329r-330v, 388v are blank. Decoration: The manuscript belongs to a wider group attributed to a workshop active in Arras at the end of the 13th century (see Randall , Medieva...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300
Extent:
1 volume

4. Yates Thompson MS 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 16
Title:
Bible
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3r: St Jerome’s preface to the Vulgate. ff. 3r-359r: Bible. ff. 359v-388r: Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (Explanations of Hebrew names), an alphabetical list of Hebrew names found in the Bible, with a short Latin explanation, attributed to Stephen Langton, archbishop o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1432
Extent:
1 volume

5. Yates Thompson MS 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 18
Title:
Psalter and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-7v: Calendar. ff. 9r-201v: Psalter and litany (ff. 196v-201r). ff. 202v-229v: A set of prayers, added c 1480-1500. ff. 1r-v, 8r-v, 202r, 211v-212v are blank. Decoration: The decoration of the first part of the manuscript (ff. 2r-201v) has been attributed to the Ste.-Chapel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Yates Thompson MS 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 20
Title:
Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale (Genesis-Maccabees)
Scope & Content:
A translation of the Vulgate Bible into French, Genesis to Maccabees, with a table of contents at the beginning of each book, and a Psalter and litany at the end of the volume (ff. 381r-412v). Decoration: Two main artists were responsible for the manuscript's decoration. The first is identifie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
c 1320-1340
Extent:
1 volume

7. Yates Thompson MS 22

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 22
Title:
Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. i: Book plate of Henry Yates Thompson, pastedown. ff. ii: Handwritten summary of the sale of the volume in 1836 and 1876. ff. 1r-3r: Jerome’s preface to the Vulgate. ff. 3r-374v: Bible. ff. 375r-412r: Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (Interpretations of Hebrew Names), an a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1260
Extent:
1 volume

8. Yates Thompson MS 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 41
Title:
Bible
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. iv: Extract from sales catalogue, pastedown. ff. 2r-6r: Jerome’s prologue to the Vulgate. ff. 6r-557r: Bible. f. 557v: Added verse, 13th century. ff. 1r-v are blank. Decoration: 5 large and smaller historiated initials, with partial borders or foliate extensions into the marg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1240-1250
Extent:
1 volume

9. Yates Thompson MS 42

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 42
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Psalter. ff. i, iii are reused leaves from a 14th century liturgical manuscript. ff. 39v, 200v, 288v are blank. Decoration: 8 historiated initials, developing three-sided borders with grotesque and figural decoration, in colours and gold (ff. 1*r, 41r, 66r, 88v, 90r, 113r, 143r, 201r). Large...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1310-1340
Extent:
1 volume

10. Yates Thompson MS 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Yates Thompson MS 43
Title:
Psalter and Hours, Use of Saint-Omer
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Added prayer, early 14th century. ff. 2r-185v: Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Saint-Omer. ff. 186v-187v: Ownership inscriptions, some erased (ff. 187r-v). Decoration: 12 small calendar miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2r-7v). 10 large historiated initials, accompanie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1276
Extent:
1 volume