Manuscripts, Medieval -- England
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Medieval Manuscripts created in England.
Found in 78 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 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
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
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), 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
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 303
Contents
This manuscript is an iluminated book of hours (Use of Sarum), written for the use of a woman, perhaps in England, in the 15th century.
For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".
Dates:
15th century
Book of Hours (Use of Sarum), first half of the 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 308
Contents
MS 308 is a fifteenth-century English Book of hours (use of Sarum), with a calendar.
ff. 1r-6v: A calendar in red and black ink. Included are the names of many English saints and festivals: SS Wulstan, Cedda, Edward K. & M., Cuthbert, Richard (bishop), Alphege, Dunstan, Aldhelm, Translation of Edmund (archb.), Alban, Ethelreda, Translation of Thomas, Transl. of Swithin, Kenelm K. & M., Oswald,...
Dates:
first half of the 15th century