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Add MS 18632

Record Id:

032-002095220

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002095220

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000044.0x0002a3

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 18632

Title:

THE STORIE of Thebes; a poem by John Lydgate, monk of St. Edmundsbury, f. 1; "De Regimine Principum;" a poem by Thomas Occleve, compiled from the "Secretum Secretorum," attributed to Aristotle, the treatise "De Regimine Principum" of Egidius de Colonna, and the "Liber moralis de ludo Scaccorum" of Jacobus de Cessolis, f. 30. The colophon is "Explicit Hoccleve in Aristotele et Egidio de Regimine Principum et Jacobo de Ciceles, scilicet Chesse." Vellum; finely written in the XVth cent.; given to the monastery of Amesbury by Richard Wygynton in 1508. At the beginning and end are single leaves, formerly pasted to the covers of the volume, being fragments of a household account, apparently of Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster, wife of Prince Lionel of England, in the years 30-33 Edw. III. [1356-1359]. Amongst the items are entries of payments for Geoffrey Chaucer. [Add. 18,632.]

Scope & Content:

Lionel Plantagenet, Earl of Ulster; afterwards Duke of Clarence: Household accounts of his wife Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Ulster: 1356-1359.

Geoffrey Chaucer: Entries of payments for: 1356-1359.

Monastery of Amesbury; Wiltshire: Possessed in: 1508.

includes:

f. 1 Romances: The Story of Thebes, in verse, by Lydgate.
f. 1 Literature English: The Storie of Thebes, by Lydgate: 15th cent.
f. 1 John Lydgate, Monk of Bury S Edmund's: The Story of Thebes, in verse.
f. 30 Literature English: De Regimine Principum, by T. Occleve: 15th cent.
f. 30 Thomas Occleve: De Regimine Principum.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002095220

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Hierarchy:

032-002095220

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not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1300

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

14th century-15th century

Era:

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Custodial History:

Richard Wygynton: Presented to Amesbury Monastery: in 1508.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, poet and administrator, c 1340-1400,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000375840787
Lydgate, John, Monk of Bury S Edmund's
Monastery of Amesbury, Wiltshire
Occleve, Thomas, of Add MS 18632
Plantagenet, Lionel, Earl of Ulster, afterwards Duke of Clarence
Wygynton, Richard