Contents: ff. 1r-40v: Index of statutes. ff. 41r-103v: Statutes of Edward III. ff. 104r-146v: Statutes of Richard II. ff. 147r-172r: Statutes of Henry IV. ff. 172v-190v: Statutes of Henry V. ff. 191r-253v: Statutes of Henry VI, ending imperfectly with the November 1450 parliament, followed by a 19th...
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
Scope & Content:
A collection of over 100 papers and letters to Henry Yates Thompson removed from other Yates Thompson MSS, mostly from museums and libraries in England and abroad offering provenance information, translations, and commentaries on his manuscript collection. Includes letters from M. R. James (15r, 36r...
Contents: f. iv: Extract from sales catalogue, pastedown. ff. 2r-6r: Jerome’s prologue to the Vulgate. ff. 6r-557r: Bible. f. 557v: Added verse, 13th century. ff. 1r-v are blank. Decoration: 5 large and smaller historiated initials, with partial borders or foliate extensions into the margins, in col...
Contents: f. 1r: Added prayer, early 14th century. ff. 2r-185v: Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Saint-Omer. ff. 186v-187v: Ownership inscriptions, some erased (ff. 187r-v). Decoration: 12 small calendar miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2r-7v). 10 large historiated initials, accompanied by thre...
Psalter. ff. i, iii are reused leaves from a 14th century liturgical manuscript. ff. 39v, 200v, 288v are blank. Decoration: 8 historiated initials, developing three-sided borders with grotesque and figural decoration, in colours and gold (ff. 1*r, 41r, 66r, 88v, 90r, 113r, 143r, 201r). Large initial...
This manuscript contains a copy of a Latin treatise known as De moribus (On customs), written by William of Auvergne (b. 1180/90, d. 1249), a French theologian and philosopher who served as Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death. The text represents the second part of his De virtutibus et vitiis ...
This manuscript is a single detached leaf that once belonged to a large illuminated Antiphonal, containing the chants to be sung during the celebration of the Mass. The leaf carries part of the music for the feast of Easter. Other detached leaves from the same manuscript include Victoria & Albert Mu...