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2071. Burney MS 114

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 114
Title:
Religious texts copied by Matthew, Metropolites of Ephesus, Volume III (partly autograph)
Scope & Content:
Religious texts copied by Matthew, Metropolites of Ephesus, Volume III. Partly autograph, containing two works by Matthew himself, and extracts from Nicephorus Gregoras, Apollonius of Tyana, Maximus the Confessor, and other anonymous texts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

151 folios

2072. Burney MS 127

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 127
Title:
Nicolas Floyd, Ραψῳδία βιβλικὰ
Scope & Content:
Nicolas Floyd of Winchester College, Ραψῳδία βιβλικὰ. Passages from the Bible converted into Greek and Latin parallel verses (ff 3r-77r). Followed (f 78r) by a hymn to God in the style of Anacreon. Preceded (ff 1r-2v) by a letter of dedication to John Harris, D.D., warden of Winchester College, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1652
Extent:

78 folios

2073. Burney MS 169

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 169
Title:
Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant, a French translation of Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni, translated into French by Vasco da Lucena (b. c. 1435, d. 1512) as Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant and dedicated to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1433, d. 1477). ff. 1r-10r: Table of contents with incipit stating the translator's nam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1468-1475
Extent:

1 volume

2074. Burney MS 276

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 276
Title:
Collection of fragments
Scope & Content:
Fragments of Greek and Latin manuscripts, mostly of classical and patristic authors.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
11th century-17th century
Extent:

46 folios

2075. Burney MS 342

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 342
Title:
Two fragments: a Book of Hours in Latin, and a miscellany of texts in Greek
Scope & Content:
Contains two fragments, a Book of Hours, written in Latin and dated to the 15th century, and a miscellany of texts, written in Greek and dated to 1709. These were already bound as one volume when owned by John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806). ff. 1r-55v: Book of Hours, Use of Le Mans, fragmentary, in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1400-1709
Extent:

Composite codex.

2076. Burney MS 402

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 402
Title:
Collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions copied by Anthony Askew in the Levant and Greece
Scope & Content:
Collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions copied by Anthony Askew, M.D., in the Levant and Greece, with notes on their situation, size, state of preservation, etc.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1748
Extent:

71 folios

2077. Cotton Ch IV 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 18
Title:
Grant of privileges by King Æthelstan of England to St John’s, Beverley
Scope & Content:
Grant of privileges by King Æthelstan of England (r. 924-939) to St John’s, Beverley, in Middle English verse. Dated 925 (for 927 × 939). Spurious (Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters, no. 451). Endorsed in a 16th-century hand, ‘Carta ædelstani facta sancto Iohanni beuerl’ 925 sinceroque[?]’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 leaf

2078. Cotton Ch IV 38/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 38/2
Title:
Draft of a speech by Elizabeth I dissolving Parliament
Scope & Content:
A draft version of a speech by Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603), dissolving Parliament. The text is written in the queen's hand and features numerous revisions. It is headed '1563, 5th Elizabeth [error for 1567]. A letter in Queen Elizabeth hand to the Commons in Parliament about the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1567
Extent:
1 leaf

2079. Cotton Ch VI 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VI 2
Title:
‘First Charter’ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edward confirms to Westminster Abbey its privileges and lands, comprising (a) 17.5 hides at Westminster, 20 at Hendon, 5 at Hampstead, 12 hides and 1 uirga at Greenford, 8 hides at Hanwell, 8 at Shepperton, 7 at Sunbury, Middlesex; 10 at Aldenham, 4 hides and 1 uirga at Datchworth, 4.5 hide...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2080. Cotton Ch VII 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VII 15
Title:
Agreement between Robert Bruce and Florence, count of Holland
Scope & Content:
Convention between Florence [V], count of Holland, and Sir Robert de Bruce, lord of Annandale, whereby they agree to defend their right to the crown of Scotland against all other claimants, and that whichever succeeded in establishing his claim should allow the other a third part of all lands, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14 Jun 1292
Extent:

1 leaf

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