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Fragments of three English religious poems, early 15th century
part
Identifier: MS 114/ ff. i and ii
Contents
Folios from an earlier manuscript containing English poems have been used for the fly-leaves. The portions that can be read have been copied in full by Catherine Borland, see Appendix IV, pp. 334-5 of her catalogue.
Dates:
early 15th century
MS 202: The Regiment of Princes, by Thomas Hoccleve, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 202
Contents
Thomas Hoccleve was a English poet and goverment clerk in the Office of the Privy Seal in the first quarter of the 15th century. Hoccleve was author of several other works, but that contained in MS 202 is his 'Regiment of Princes', dedicated to Prince Henry, the future king Henry V. Given that the poem is dedicated to Henry V as 'Prince', and from some internal evidence in the poem, it is possible to date the composition of Hoccleve's original 'Regiment of Princes' to c. 1410-1413. MS 202 is...
Dates:
15th century