f. 1r: Pen trials. f. 2r–v: Fragment of a roll (?), probably added on the creation of the volume, with an inscription dated 25 March 1430. ff. 1r–18r: Cartulary of miscellaneous deeds from the time of Edward I to Henry VI, headed ‘De cartis munimentis at aliis euidenciis spectantibus terris et...
Contents: f. 1r: Added inscription by librarian Humfrey Wanley: '20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22.' f. 2v: A prayer to St Christopher, in Italian, added in the 16th century. ff. 3r-14v: Calendar. ff. 15r-134v: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 135r-154v: Penitential Psalms. ff. 155r-169v: Litan...
Contents: ff. 2r-214r: Petrus de Herenthals, Catena in psalmos; ending with an alphabetical index (ff. 205r-214r). The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1v: A note on three names for the Book of Psalms, beginning: 'Liber psalmorum apud hebreos tribus modis intitulatur. s[un]t liber hym...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
A commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. Although the manuscript's origin is unknown, its provenance indicates that it was produced in England. Contents: ff. 1r-193r: Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, with a table of contents (ff. 1r-1v) and prologue (ff. 2v-5v: ‘introitus ad litteram libri’...
Contents: ff. 1r-161v: Lucius Iunius Columella, De re rustica, imperfect at the beginning (lacking Book I and the beginning of Book II.1). Decoration: Small initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Numerous 15th-century doodles of animals and plants in the margins.
Contents: ff. 1r-40v: Pierre Michault, La Danse aux avengles, imperfect; the manuscript is missing the first part of the text, which is supplied on f. [iii]recto-[iii]verso]. This satirical work, written in 1466, partly in prose and partly in verse, consists of a dialogue between L'acteur (the...
Enlarged Rule of Chrodegang in Latin and Old English
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: A title-page ‘Hic Liber videtur esse scriptus primo Latine per Theodorum Archipiscopum Septimum Cant. et per Ælfricum translatus Saxonice’. ff. 2v-72r: Enlarged Rule of Chrodegang in Latin and Old English. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1v: A note on the manu...
Contents: ff. 1r-15v: A table of contents. ff. 16r-281v: Acts of Parliament, from Edward I to Henry VI, in Latin and French. Decoration: 4 large historiated initials in blue and red and with gold frames; partial (three-sided) borders in colours and gold (ff. 1r, 64r, 93r, 154r). The subject...