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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22749
Title:: St Basil of Caesarea, Divine Liturgy, imperfect
Scope & Content:: St Basil of Caesarea, Divine Liturgy, imperfect, inc. λατρ(εύ)ειν σοι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν, expl. Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐπὶ τῇ μεταλήψει τῶν (ἁγίων, ἀχράντων).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 12th century
Extent:: 1 roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22924
Title:: Household accounts of Queen Elizabeth I, Michaelmas 1590-Michaelmas 1592
Scope & Content:: Household accounts of Queen Elizabeth I, Michaelmas Term, 1590-Michaelmas Term, 1592. The accounts containing payments made to members of the royal establishment, judges, pensioners and others, with the signatures of the recipients or their attorneys in the margin. Their range included musicians...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1590-1830
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22937
Title:: Guillaume de Diguleville, Les Trois Pèlerinages
Scope & Content:: Les Trois Pèlerinages, three poems composed in 1330-1358 by Guillaume de Diguleville (or Guillermus de Deguilevilla, Degulleville, Deguileville), a monk of Chaalis in Valois. ff. 1r-74v: Pèlerinage de Vie Humaine, prologue and four books containing the first recension of the text, an allegory ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: c 1450
Extent:: A parchment codex, 191 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 22975
Title:: Chapter book of the Convent of San Pablo in Manila
Scope & Content:: "LIBRO de Consultas," or Chapter-book of the Convent of St. Paul at Manila; 10 Aug. 1751-14 Dec. 1761; with autograph signatures of Pedro Espineyra, Provincial, Juan Facundo Meseguer and Pedro Velasco, Priors, and others. Span. Paper. Folio. Manila, the Philippine Islands: Chapter-book of the C...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 10 Aug 1751-14 Dec 1761
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23002
Title:: Collection of scientific treatises, including Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe'
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a collection of scientific treatises, including the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', an instructional manual written by Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). The manuscript's contents closely resemble another 15th-century treatise collection (now Egerton MS 2622). Conte...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23198
Title:: Treatise on Geometry and Masonry
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains an anonymous treatise in Middle English prose recounting the history of geometry, which it equates with masonry, through the Bible down to King Æthelstan, ending with nine articles and nine points setting out regulations for masons. It is considered one of the oldest sur...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23240
Title:: Letters (originals and copies) of Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r–151v: A volume of letters from Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596. Mostly autograph, with later copies. Also included are letters from James VI to Elizabeth, and a letter from Anne of Denmark to Elizabeth. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Elizabeth to James, 18 October 1582, W...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 16th century-17th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23241
Title:: Letters of James VI of Scotland, and others
Scope & Content:: Original letters of James VI of Scotland, and others, 1567-1595. ff. 1r-4v Proclamation of Mary, Queen of Scots. With a seal. Borthwick Castle, 11 June 1567. With a copy. ff. 5r-6v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [May 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1567-1595
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 24026
Title:: Genealogical roll chronicle of the kings of England to Edward IV and of the Dukes of Normandy
Scope & Content:: Contents: A Genealogical chronicle with a commentary in Latin. Recto: Membranes 1-5: A genealogical diagram of the kings of England from Egbert (r. 802-839) to Henry VI (r. 1422-1461) accompanied by a commentary in Latin up to Richard II; on Membrane 4, in the left margin, alongside the ro...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: A parchment roll

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 24112
Title:: Four Gospels in Greek (Gregory-Aland 694; Scrivener evan. 598; von Soden ε 502), written throughout with space for a Latin translation, which has been added for a small number of verses
Scope & Content:: Four Gospels in Greek (Gregory-Aland 694; Scrivener evan. 598; von Soden ε 502), written throughout with space for a Latin translation, which has been added for Matthew 1: 1-3. 11, Mark 1: 1-24, John 1: 1-14, in parallel columns.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 211 folios

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