Manuscripts, Medieval -- England
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Medieval Manuscripts created in England.
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
A brief chronicle based on the Brut in Middle English, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 184
Contents
The Brut Chronicle (also known as the Prose Chronicle) is a collection of medieval histories of England. It was originally an Anglo-Norman text, but was translated into Latin and also Middle English during the medieval period. The Brut presents a mythical history of England, describing for instance the settlement of England by a son of Aeneas from Troy. The original Anglo-Norman version of the chronicle ends in 1272, but there...
Dates:
15th century
Alphabetical indices of texts by Gregory I, Augustine, Jerome, Giles of Rome, pseudo-John Chrysostom, Lactantius, and others, 14th-15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 106
Scope and Contents
This manuscript contains alphabetical indices of the following texts: Moralia by Gregory I, Jerome’s epistles, Golden Legend, Augustine’s epistles, pseudo-John Chrysostom’s Opus imperfectum in Mattheum, Augustine’s 83 Questions, Augustine’s De Sermone Domini, Lactantius’ Institutiones Divinae, the...
Dates:
14th-15th century
Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 3
Scope and Contents
This manuscript contains the complete text of the Vulgate. The only variation in the order is that the Letter to the Colossians follows the Letter to the Thessalonians.The manuscript also includes the apocryphal Letter to the Laodiceans (f. 253r). A letter written "to the Laodiceans" or "from Laodicea" (depending on the different interpretation of the Latin text)...
Dates:
13th century
Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 1
Contents
The manuscript contains the complete text of the Vulgate, including the apocryphal books.It also contains the Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum ('Interpretations of the Hebrew names'), a list, mostly in alphabetical order, of Hebrew names found in the Bible, attributed to Stephen Langton (died 1228); each Hebrew name is accompanied by a short explanation in Latin.The books of the Old Testament are arranged in an unusual order: ...
Dates:
13th century
Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], c 1300
Item
Identifier: MS 2
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the complete text of the Vulgate. It also contains the Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum ('Interpretations of the Hebrew names'), a list, mostly in alphabetical order, of Hebrew names found in the Bible, attributed to Stephen Langton (died 1228); each Hebrew name is accompanied by a short explanation in Latin.At the beginning of Nehemiah, a second hand has added the numeral for 'second'...
Dates:
c 1300
Book of Hours (Use of Sarum), second half of the 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 40
Scope and Contents
Book of Hours in Latin from the 15th century following the Use of Sarum. It was probably written for use in the diocese of Lincoln, but the illumination is French, and possibly the hand also (see local saints in the Kalendar for the connection with Lincoln).Kalendar: starts on f. 1r. Contains commemorations of Saints and Martyr, and other festivities (the most important are written in red). Miniatures illustrate activities linked to the season.The...
Dates:
second half of the 15th century
Book of Hours (Use of Sarum), c 1430
Item
Identifier: MS 39
Scope and Contents
Book of Hours in Latin from the 15th century, of English origin, following the Use of Sarum.Hymn of Saint Katherine of Alexandria: starts on f. 1r and begins with the words Gaude Virgo Katerina. It has been added after the book was finished.Kalendar: starts on f. 2r. Contains commemorations of Saints, Martyrs, and other festivities. The writing alternates black, blue, red and golden ink. The...
Dates:
c 1430
Book of Hours (Use of Sarum), 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 41
Scope and Contents
Book of Hours in Latin from the 15th century following the Use of Sarum.Kalendar with Astronomical Tables: the months of the Kalendar start on f. 1r and always appear on the recto, the tables start on f. 1v and always appear on the verso.Additions to the Kalendar are all by one 15th century hand and show a connection with Yorkshire in this period. They are: 8 April Matrimonium factum fuit inter Johannem filium Briani...
Dates:
15th century
Breviary, c 1300
Item
Identifier: MS 26
Scope and Contents
The Breviary is a liturgical book which gathers all the texts needed on any given day of the year to recite the Divine Office. It is mainly meant for members of the clergy (for example, bishops, priests and deacons) and contains detailed instructions for prayer at each of the canonical hours of the day. It is divided into distinct parts: a Kalendar, which lists all the most important feasts of the year and can be often tailored to fit a specific diocese or...
Dates:
c 1300
Brut Chronicle, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 185
Contents
MS 185 is an extended version of the Brut Chronicle. The original was an Anglo-Norman chronicle that ended its account in 1272. This Anglo-Norman version was translated into Latin and Middle English during the middle ages, and many manuscripts continued the account beyond 1272. MS 185 is one such extended version, to 1419.The text begins on f. 1r with Here begynneth a bok which is called Brute, the cronyculis of...
Dates:
15th century