Contents: ff. 1r-123v: Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Common Law, with a title 'Maximes of the Lawe written by Sir Francis Bacon January 8th Anno Domini 1596'.
Manuscript account of Staffordshire by Sampson Erdeswick (d. 1603) of Sandon, with marginal annotations and indexes, in various hands. ff 2-8: Index of places. ff. 9-117: ‘A veiw [sic] of Staffordshire, containing the antiquities of the same countie; written by Sampson Erdeswicke of Sandon near ...
Contents: ff. 1r-46r: Williram, Commentary on the Song of Songs. Williram (d. 1085), abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Ebersberg, wrote the commentary c. 1060. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: An inscription: 'VVILRAMVS OLIM ABBAS EBERSPERG.'; added in the (?) 17th century...
Giovane Buonaccorso da Montemagno, De vera nobilitate
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This manuscript contains a copy of De vera nobilitate (On True Nobility), a Latin treatise written in 1438 by the Renaissance humanist Giovane Buonaccorso da Montemagno (b. 1391/93, d. 1429). This copy of the work has been attributed to the scribe Antonio Tophio (fl. c. 1460-1470), one of the mo...
William of Malmesbury, Gesta pontificum Anglorum, imperfect
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Contents: ff. 1r-95r: William of Malmesbury, Gesta pontificum Anglorum, imperfect. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1r: 3 unfoliated parchment pastedowns, 2 with Harleian shelfmarks ('117. C. 17 / 3641' and '31/V C') and 1 inscribed by Humfrey Wanley: 'Hunc Codicem pervetustem Lond...
Goffredo da Trani, Summa super titulis Decretalium
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Contents: ff. 1r-344v: Goffredo da Trani, Summa super titulis Decretalium; ending with the words 'Explicit expliceat ludere scriptor eat' (f. 344v). The manuscript contains several additions: ff. 1**, 1***, 350, 350* and 351: Fragments from a liturgical manuscript with lections (probably Germ...
Aimon de Varennes , Florimont; Chronicle of Rheims
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Contents: ff. 2r-82v: Aimon (or Aimé) de Varennes, Florimont, incipit: 'Cil qui a cuer de vacelage', explicit: 'Adonc fu retrais par Aymon' with the colophon ending 'Le tiers jour de lassumption acompli sa devotion'. The poem was composed by Aimon de Varennes at Chatillon d'Azergues in the For...
Contents: Jean de Courcy (b. c. 1350, d. 1431), Chronique de la Bouquechardière, in 6 books: ff. 2v-89v: Book I, from Genesis to Ancient Greece; ff. 90r-149v: Book II, the legend of Troy; ff. 150r-206r: Book III, the cities founded by the fleeing Trojans; ff. 206v-270v: Book IV, Babylon...
Johannes Gallicus, Ritus canendi vetutissimus et novus
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This manuscript contains an illustrated copy of the Ritus canendi vetustissimus et novus (The oldest and the new custom of singing), a musical treatise concerning the teaching and performance of plainchant, written by the French humanist and musical theorist Johannes Gallicus (b. c. 1415, d. 147...