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Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 A XXVII
Title:: Sawles Warde, Lives of Saints, Prayers and Hymns in Middle English
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1-70: Five early Middle English religious works in alliterative prose, believed to be of West Midlands origin, dating from the 1st half of the 13th century (ff. 1-70); ff. 71-97: Prayers and hymns from the 1st quarter of the 15th century (ff. 71-97).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 13th century-Early 15th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 A XXVII, ff71-97
Title:: Prayers, hymns and miscellaneous religious texts, including verses on the Arma Christi or Symbols of the Passion
Scope & Content:: Contents: Prayers, hymns and miscellaneous religious texts, including verses on the Arma Christi or Symbols of the Passion. Decoration: 24 framed miniatures in colours of the symbols of the Passion with leaf decoration (ff. 72v-79r). Rubrics and text in red (e.g., ff. 80r-81r). Initials in bl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: Part of a parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 17 A XXVII, ff1-70
Title:: Sawles Warde; Lives of Saints Katherine, Margaret and Juliana; Oreison of Seinte Marie
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-10v: Sawles Warde, a homily on Matthew 24.43; ff. 11r-70r: Lives of St Katherine (ff. 11r-37r), St Margaret (ff. 37r-56r) and St Juliana (ff. 56r-70r) ff. 70r-v: The Oreison of Seinte Marie. The above texts are part of a group of works known as 'the Katherine group', also f...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 1200-1249
Extent:: Part of a parchment codex

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