Contents: A psalter with a calendar; ends imperfectly and is lacking Psalm 101 (there is a stub between ff. 75 and 76). Decoration: 12 large 'KL' initials in the calendar in gold with penwork decoration in green, blue, and red, with the occupations of the months and zodiac symbols in colou...
Contents: Almanac, comprising a calendar (ff. 3r-18v), tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence (f. 19r) and a list of the signs of the zodiac (f. 20v). Decoration: Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables in bro...
Contents: Part of the prose Lancelot-Grail Cycle, containing the the early portion of the Lancelot-propre or Lancelot du Lac, which relates the courtly exploits of Lancelot. It corresponds to most of the first section of Additional MS 10293: ff. 1-129 (vol. III, pp. 122-430 of Sommer's edition...
Contents: Chanson d'Aspremont, part of the second of three chansons de geste of the Charlemagne cycle from the late 12th century, narrating Charlemagne's early expedition across the Alps to Aspremont in Italy to retake land in Calabria from the Saracen king, Agolant. The text here is imperfect...
Political register compiled in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
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Political register, containing notes, lists, tables and records concerning political and military matters during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Possibly compiled by, or for the use of, a minister of state. ff. 1r-3r Table of contents. Titled ‘A table of the matters contayned in this booke’. f...
Genealogical chronicle of English kings to Edward IV
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The text is written on one side of the parchment, in three vertical columns with the central column being double the width of the two flanking columns, so that they could be folded inwards. The parchment was then folded lengthwise, concertina-style, rather than rolled, to form a winged roll-code...
ff. 2v–119v: Autograph account in Latin of John Wycliffe and his followers by the martyrologist John Foxe. Prefixed is a dedication to some unnamed person whom he calls his friend and patron, perhaps either the young Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, or William Cecil. Apart from the dedication...
Psalter ('The Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers
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Contents: ff. 1r-1v: former pastedown from a 13th century text. ff. 2r-179v: Psalter, preceded by a calendar, Easter table, and cycle of full-page miniatures, and followed by Canticles, a Litany, Collects, and various longer prayers. Decoration: 8 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (f...
