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11. Stowe MS 53

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Stowe MS 53
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"THE LIVES Of Women Saints of our Contrie of England; also some other lives of holie women written by some of the auncient ffathers." A compilation of the early 17th century, including the following Lives, for some of which the sources are quoted: — SS. Helena (from Baronius). f. 21b; — Ursula (...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
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1 item

12. Stowe MS 46

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Stowe MS 46
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DRAFTS of, and notes for, sermons, by the Rev. Philip Morant, Rector of St. Mary's, Colchester (ob. 1770). Paper; ff. 66. Folio. Sermons: Drafts and notes, by the Rev. P. Morant: 18th cent. Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Drafts and notes for ser...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

13. Stowe MS 43

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Stowe MS 43
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"THE LIGHT IN DARKNESS, or The True Religion long sought, at last found out, amongst all the religions of the world here mention'd, by Martin Brethon, a true prozelyte to the Church of England, Aug. 26, 1685"; consisting of a dictionary of churches, sects, and religious opinions, in alphabetical...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1685
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1 item

14. Stowe MS 34

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Stowe MS 34
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SHORT HOMILIES on the various virtues and vices, in English. The beginning is wanting; the titles of the paragraphs which now stand first are "Of Sorinesse " [Sorrow] and "Of Asolknesse, Unlust" [Sloth]. Vellum; ff. 49. Early XIIIth cent. With a strongly marked change of hand at f. 39. Bound in ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 13th century
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1 item

15. Stowe MS 32

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Stowe MS 32
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"LIBER Pastoralis Cure beati Gregorii [episcopi] urbis Rome ad Johannem Ravennatem"; with the dedicatory letter, beg. "Pastoralis cure me pondera,"addressed to John, Bishop of Ravenna (Migne, Patrologia, vol. lxxvii.). At the end (f. 61b) is added a letter from Innocent III. to King John of Engl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 13th century
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1 item

16. Stowe MS 33

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Stowe MS 33
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ANSELMI Epistolæ ccccxvii.: a transcript of Cotton MS. Claudius A. xi., containing the complete collection of St. Anselm's letters; made in 1670 under the inspection of Sir Roger Twysden, who certifies its correctness in an autograph note at the end. A table of titles of the letters is prefixed....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1670
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1 item

17. Stowe MS 49

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Stowe MS 49
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LEGENDA AUREA, by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa [1292-1298]. The prologue, "Universum tempus præsentis vitæ," etc., is headed "Incipit prologus super legendas sanctorum quas compilavit frater Jacobus, nacione Januensis, de ordine fratrum prædicatorum," and is followed by a table of co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

18. Stowe MS 38

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Stowe MS 38
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"A TRETIS þat suffisiþ to eche cristen man and womman to lyuen þeraftir," beg. "This tretis compilid of a pore caitif," and hence commonly known as "The Poor Caitiff." The authorship has been attributed to Wiclif, but see Shirley, Fasciculi Zizaniorum, 1858, p. xiii. n. 3. The headings of the di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

19. Stowe MS 52

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Stowe MS 52
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"VITA beati Thomæ arehiepiscopi et martiris": the Quadrilogus, or compilation by E[lias?] of Evesham, from the four Lives by John of Salisbury, Herbert of Boseham, William of Canterbury, and Alan, Abbot of Tewkesbury. The prologue begins "Post summi favoris dote vestitos," and the Life itself "T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
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1 item

20. Stowe MS 35

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Stowe MS 35
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DE CORPORE ET SANGUINE DEI: a treatise on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper by B[aldwin], brother of the Abbey of Ford [in Devonshire, afterwards Abbot of Ford in 1168, Bishop of Worcester in 1180, and Archbishop of Canterbury 1184-1191], dedicated to B[artholomew], Bishop of Exeter [1159-1172]...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 item