Stowe MS 578

1. "ORDO coronacionis pariter et vnccionis Regis et Regine secundum vsum et ritum Anglicanum." f. 2. Printed for the Roxburghe Club (1870) from the Liber Regalis at Westminster.

2. "The copy of a Carete compasyng the circuyte of the World and the compace of euery Iland comprehendid in the same": a description of the world, apparently written before the discovery of America. f. 12 b.

3. "The vii. ages of the world frome Adam forward," the seventh extending "vnto the ende of the world, wherof the yeres be not nombred." f. 15 b.

4. "The vii. ages of man lyvyng in the world," from "Infance" to "Crepill." f. 16.

5. "A tretise of the iiij. elementes and of the seasons of the yere. Whiche they be and of what nature, and of the caniculare days." f. 16 b. Artt. 2-5 are in a different hand from art. 1 ; and art. 2 begins on the back of a leaf, the obverse of which is covered with theological matter in Latin, half-erased. Artt. 2, 3, and 5 are imperfect, owing to the mutilation of ff. 15, 17. Vellum; ff. 17. xvth cent. At f. 17 b is the signature (16th cent.) "Oliuerus Bamforthe." Quarto.

includes:

• f. 2 Ceremonials: Ordo coronacionis et unctionis Regis et Reginæ: 15th cent.
• f. 12 b Geography: Description of the earth: 15th cent.
• f. 15 b Seven Ages of the World: : 15th cent.
• f. 16 Seven Ages of Man: : 15th cent.
• f. 16 b Natural Science and Philosophy: Treatise on the four elements, and on the seasons: 15th cent.