Composite manuscript in several hands, on the subject of the antiquities of Chester from several authors and books. Contents: f. 1: Title cut from former back cover: ‘the Antiquity’s; the Earles, the Bishops, Maiors &c of the Citty of Chester’. ff. 2-3: ‘Things of most note in this Booke....
Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, including Nicholas of Tolentino (canonised in 1446) and Bernardino of Siena. f. 7r: Two hymns, beginning 'Primo dierum omnium quo mundus extat conditus', and 'Nocte surgentes vigilemus omnes'. ff. 7v-76r: Ferial Psalter. ff. 76r-79v: Litany. ff. 80r-97r: ...
This manuscript contains an illuminated copy of the popular anonymous late medieval illustrated treatise, the Speculum humanae salvationis or Mirror of Human Salvation, and was made in either Germany or Switzerland in the last quarter of the 14th century. Contents: ff. 1r-48r: Speculum human...
Contents: f. i v: 16th century inscription, ‘bonus autem laudat’. f. ii r: 18th century inscription, ‘29 die octobris A.D. 1722’. ff. 1r-37v: Giovanni Pontano, poems. ff. i r, ii v are blank. Decoration: Rubricated headings.
Contents: ff. 1r-253v: A glossed Psalter (imperfect at the end due to loss of leaves). Decoration: 1 large unfinished historiated initial in brown ink with a bird, and a musician playing a stringed instrument (f. 1v). Large initials in red and yellow with foliate motifs. A faint sketch of ...
Biographies of Roman emperors, their heirs, and usurpers from Hadrian (76-138) to Numerian (d. 284), often spurious, and attributed to six authors also of doubtful authenticity (Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Vulcacius Gallicanus, Aelius Lampridius, Trebellius Pollio, Flavius Vopiscus Sy...
This copy of the popular anonymous illustrated text known as the Speculum humanae salvationis (Mirror of Human Salvation) was probably made in Alsace or the Upper Rhine area in the mid-14th century. Contents: ff. 1-3v: list of contents, prohemium and prologue. ff. 4r-46v: Speculum humanae ...