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11. Stowe MS 53

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Stowe MS 53
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"THE LIVES Of Women Saints of our Contrie of England; also some other lives of holie women written by some of the auncient ffathers." A compilation of the early 17th century, including the following Lives, for some of which the sources are quoted: — SS. Helena (from Baronius). f. 21b; — Ursula (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

12. Stowe MS 46

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Stowe MS 46
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DRAFTS of, and notes for, sermons, by the Rev. Philip Morant, Rector of St. Mary's, Colchester (ob. 1770). Paper; ff. 66. Folio. Sermons: Drafts and notes, by the Rev. P. Morant: 18th cent. Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Drafts and notes for ser...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

13. Stowe MS 43

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Stowe MS 43
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"THE LIGHT IN DARKNESS, or The True Religion long sought, at last found out, amongst all the religions of the world here mention'd, by Martin Brethon, a true prozelyte to the Church of England, Aug. 26, 1685"; consisting of a dictionary of churches, sects, and religious opinions, in alphabetical...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1685
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1 item

14. Stowe MS 42

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Stowe MS 42
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Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
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This manuscript contains the Revelations of Divine Love by the anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich (b. 1342, d. c.1416). It is thought to be a copy from an exemplar manuscript for a edition published in 1670 by Serenus Cressy (b. c. 1605, d. 1674). Cressy was a Benedictine confessor for the E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1675
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1 volume

15. Stowe MS 34

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Stowe MS 34
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SHORT HOMILIES on the various virtues and vices, in English. The beginning is wanting; the titles of the paragraphs which now stand first are "Of Sorinesse " [Sorrow] and "Of Asolknesse, Unlust" [Sloth]. Vellum; ff. 49. Early XIIIth cent. With a strongly marked change of hand at f. 39. Bound in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 item

16. Stowe MS 32

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Stowe MS 32
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"LIBER Pastoralis Cure beati Gregorii [episcopi] urbis Rome ad Johannem Ravennatem"; with the dedicatory letter, beg. "Pastoralis cure me pondera,"addressed to John, Bishop of Ravenna (Migne, Patrologia, vol. lxxvii.). At the end (f. 61b) is added a letter from Innocent III. to King John of Engl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 13th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Stowe MS 39

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Stowe MS 39
Title:
The Abbey of the Holy Ghost; The Desert of Religion
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Contents: ff. 4r-9v: The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, written in Middle English prose, beginning, 'My dere syster, I se þat many wuld be in religyon, bot þai may noght...' ff. 10r-31v: The Desert of Religion, written in Middle English verse, beginning, 'David þat prophet was ay. In þe sauter boke ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

18. Stowe MS 33

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Stowe MS 33
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ANSELMI Epistolæ ccccxvii.: a transcript of Cotton MS. Claudius A. xi., containing the complete collection of St. Anselm's letters; made in 1670 under the inspection of Sir Roger Twysden, who certifies its correctness in an autograph note at the end. A table of titles of the letters is prefixed....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1670
Extent:
1 item

19. Stowe MS 49

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Stowe MS 49
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LEGENDA AUREA, by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa [1292-1298]. The prologue, "Universum tempus præsentis vitæ," etc., is headed "Incipit prologus super legendas sanctorum quas compilavit frater Jacobus, nacione Januensis, de ordine fratrum prædicatorum," and is followed by a table of co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

20. Stowe MS 38

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Stowe MS 38
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"A TRETIS þat suffisiþ to eche cristen man and womman to lyuen þeraftir," beg. "This tretis compilid of a pore caitif," and hence commonly known as "The Poor Caitiff." The authorship has been attributed to Wiclif, but see Shirley, Fasciculi Zizaniorum, 1858, p. xiii. n. 3. The headings of the di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item