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:
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
MS 215: Composite manuscript containing two texts, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 215
Contents
Unbound manuscript containing two texts in two different hands.
ff. 1r-6r: 'Algorismus' by Alexander de Villa Dei, also known as Carmen de Algorismo
ff. 6v-8v: 'Tractatus pro juvenibus informandis' (Latin grammar)
The texts are described separately, under MS 215/ff. 1r-6r and MS 215/ff. 6v-8v.
Dates:
15th century
MS 216: Fragment of Summary of the Decretals of Gregory IX, 13th century
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Identifier: MS 216
Contents
This is a fragment (12 folios) of a summary of the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of jurisprudence of Catholic canon law. It was compiled by Spanish Dominican friar Raymond of Penyafort, under the orders of pope Gregory IX. Contains 1 folio of Book I and 11 of Book III (Title xxxiv, De voti redemptione, to Title xli, De celebratione missarum). ...
Dates:
13th century
MS 218: Fragments of the Auchinleck Manuscript containing two texts, 1330s
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Identifier: MS 218
Contents
These fragments consist of four leaves of the famous Auchinleck Manuscript, held by the National Library of Scotland. This manuscript was written in the 1330s in London and contains a collection on Middle English works believed to provide unique insight into the 14th century, not least because some of the Middle English texts within it do not appear elsewhere. These fragments were separated from the main manuscript, and seem to have been used for covers for books.Two of the...
Dates:
1330s