Contents: The Nova Statuta (ff. 11r-338v), preceded by an added collection of legal documents including ordinances and oaths of several officials (ff. 1v-10v).
ff. 1v-5v: An ordinance, incipit: 'H. Custodibus pacis omne ac Iustitie omnis… Quandam ordinacionem in ultimo parliamento nostro apud Westmisterum quarto die Novembris ultimo preterito tento de avisamento et assensu dominorum spiritualium et temporalium…vobis scripti facimus in hec verba: item t...
Nova Statuta including statutes for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377) (ff. 11r-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399) (ff. 141r-218r), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413) (ff. 219r-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (1336) (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471) (ff. 289v-338v). This portion of...
Theological miscellany including Isidore of Sevile, Sententiae
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f. 1**v: Table of contents (13th-century). f. 2*r–v: Names of the bishops of Lindisfarne and Durham. f. 2*v: Updated table of contents, reflecting later additions to the book (14th-century). ff. 1r–2r: Agreement between the bishop of Durham and the priory and convent. ff. 2v–4r: Bull of Pope...
Richard Rolle, Emendacio vitae; Oleum effusum; Incendium amoris (chapter 15); commentary on the Canticles; William de Montibus, Summa de constitutionibus et ordinationibus; Speculum Christiani; Jean Beleth, Summa de Ecclesiasticis Officiis; Jerome, Epistola Ad Nepotianum 52.5; Lotario dei Segni [Innocent III], De Miseria Condicionis Humane; Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Altercatio quatuor sororum; Pseudo-Bernard, Institutio sancti Bernardi abbatis Clarevallis quomodo cantare et psallere debeam...
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This composite manuscript consists of five parts that were produced separately. The first part (ff. 1r-16v) contains works by the Yorkshire hermit and mystic Richard Rolle (b. 1305x10, d. 1349), and dates to the late 14th century or early 15th century. The second part (ff. 17r-41v) contains Wi...
Contents: ff. 1r-42v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), De institutione musica (On the Principles of Music), imperfect (Book 1, 23-Book 5, 8) beginning at the chapter 23 of the first book: 'Hoc igitur modo per singular tetrachorda in generum proprietates partitio facta est', ending at the chapter 8...