Manuscripts, French
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Manuscripts entirely or partially in French
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Livre de Phisique et Cirurgie, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 171
Contents
This manuscript contains an anonymous book on medicine and surgery written in Middle French in the 15th century, in which we find common topics of medieval medicine such as astrological medicine and the theory of humours. Five folios are missing: ff. I, XXXII, XXXIII (according to the original foliation) and two folios of the index at the end.ContentsText: starts imperfectly on f. 1r with the following words: ...
Dates:
15th century
Livre de Receptes, 15th-16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 172
Contents
This manuscript contains a book of recipes for different ointments and medicines for common illnesses and injuries, including several recipes for treating the plague.The text starts on f. 1r with the title: Recepte pour faire le Baulme, followed by the words: Prenez une once de mastic. And ends on f. 21r with the title: Resepte pour les plez venene dc madamoiselle...
Dates:
15th-16th century
Ordinances of the Order of Saint Michael, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 161
Contents
This manuscript contains the ordinances of the Order of Saint Michael, a French dynastic Order of Chivalry founded by Louis XI of France on 1 August 1469 and abolished after the Revolution of 1830. This is a copy of the document that determined the practices and rules of this royal Order.ContentsTable of contents: the title on f. 1r reads: Table des Chappitres du livre de lordre. Starts on f. 1r...
Dates:
15th century
Prayer Book, 16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 66
Contents
Prayer book from the 16th century of Flemish or Northern French origin. It contains both French and Latin prayers, and since many of the prayers have feminine forms, it was likely written for a woman.Sequence, Gospel of Saint John (in Latin): starts f.1. It begins, "In principio..."Passion (in Latin): starts f.2. It begins, "Egressus est..."Fifteen Odes of Saint Bridget (in Latin,...
Dates:
16th century
Psalter of Virgin and Prayer Book. Tractatus Varii Mystici, 15th-16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 65
Contents
The manuscript is a mid-fifteenth to early sixteenth century Dutch liturgical codex, containing excerpts from the Book of Psalms, extracts from the Divine Office, and various religious teachings and prayers. It is written in a variety of hands. As the codex details the canonical hours, it was likely produced for a lay audience wishing to integrate aspects of ascetic devotion into their daily lives.Private devotions for use throughout Mass start on f.1 recto....
Dates:
15th-16th century
Royal Letter Book, late 14th-early 15th century, c 1335-c 1417 (dates of the original letters)
Item
Identifier: MS 183
Scope and Contents
MS 183, the Royal Letter Book, is an English late medieval manuscript containing contemporary copies of 374 letters, most of which belong to the reigns of Edward III (1327-1377) and Richard II (1377-1397). The manuscript further contains a few copies of letters from the reign of Henry IV (1399-1413) and the copy of a single letter from the reign of Henry V (1413-1422), as well as several letters between other correspondents. The overall date range of the...
Dates:
late 14th-early 15th century; c 1335-c 1417 (dates of the original letters)
Statuta Anglie (List of English Statutes), 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 156
Contents
This manuscript contains a list of medieval statutes and other laws issued by the Kingdom of England before the development of the English Parliament, and a Registrum Brevium, which is collection of writs used by legal practitioners, especially in the late Middle Ages.ContentsStatutes: start on f. 1r and ends on f. 29v, and contains the following statutes: Magna Carta,...
Dates:
14th century
Statuta Anglie [lost during WWII], 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 157
Scope and Contents
This manuscript was lost during the Second World War. It was a 14th-century English manuscript in vellum, written in Latin and in French, which contained a list of medieval statutes and other laws issued by the Kingdom of England before the development of the English Parliament. A more detailed description can be found in Catherine Borland's catalogue (1916): MS 157 (external link).
Dates:
14th century
Statuta Edwardi III, etc., second half of the 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 315
Contents
This is a manuscript in French and in Latin containing 41 statutes, probably assembled by the writer for their own use. The series begins at 1 Edward III and ends at 38 Edward III, but some earlier statutes are included. Written in England in the second half of the 14th century.
For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".
Dates:
second half of the 14th century
Typescript thesis by Louis Honnay entitled ‘Jésus-Christ vivant’
Fonds
Identifier: MS HON
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscript thesis by Louis Honnay. Title page reads:"Jésus-Christ vivant.
Réflexions sur l'identité du Jésus de l'histoire et du Christ de la foi.
Thèse soutenue le 25 mars 1968 devant la Faculté de Théologie de Montpellier pour obtenir le Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures de Théologie"[The Living Jesus Christ. Reflections on the identity of Jesus as a historical figure and as the Christ of faith. Thesis defended on 25 March 1968 before the Faculty of Theology of...
Dates:
1968
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