Chronicle of English history, from Ascanius to 1327
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Contents: Chronicle of English history, from Ascanius to 1327, with an addition in cursive at the end (f. 164v) Decoration: One initial in gold on a rose and blue ground (f. 107r). A circular diagram of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms (f. 133r). Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Rubrics an...
Martinus Polonus, Chronicle (ff. 1r–38r); musical staves with neums (f. 38v)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Martinus Polonus, Chronicle (13th century); f. 38r: An added paragraph from Henry of Huntington's Chronicle (15th century); f. 38v: Part of the Gloria, written above musical staves with neums (14th century). Decoration: Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century
Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata; Versus ad coniugem with Old English gloss
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Contents: Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata, fragment (ff. 166r–v, 165v); Prosper of Aquitaine, Uersus ad coniugem, fragment (ff. 165v–r: Schaller Initia carminum 458 ), 3rd quarter of the 9th century, with an Old English gloss dated to the 1st half of the 11th century. The pages are misbound ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century-1st half of the 11th century
John Lydgate (?), The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man
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Contents: The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man (Boffey 4265, imperfect), a verse translation of Guillaume de Deguileville, Le Pelerinage de la vie Humaine, attributed to John Lydgate (for discussion of Lydgate's authorship, see Walls (1977) and Green 'Lydgate and Deguileville' (1978)). The text ...
