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the Linguistic Atlas. ff. 1r-94r Prick of Conscience (Southern Recension, IMEV 3429 ) 'Here bygynneþ þe prologe on the prikke of conscience þat ferst telleþ of goddes power'. 'The myght of the fadur of heuene'. 'that for our loue maked

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1. Writ of Henry (III.) reciting a privilege given by Innocent IV. at the Council of Lyons to the cappellae regiae. 4I Hen. III. 2. Agreement between Richard Bp of Coventry and Lichfield, and the Deans and Canons of S.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

The Text of the Scale of Perfection ’ , Medium Aevum 5, 11-30. Hanna, R. 1982. ‘ The Archaeology of a Manuscript: Huntington Library HM 266 ’ , Scriptorium , 36, 99-102. Hanna, R. 1984. The Index of Middle English

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

7190 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 196). A late fourteenth-century copy of the C-text of Piers Plowman that contains a contemporary note regarding Stacy de Rokayle of Shipton under Wychwood, allegedly William Langland's father (Russell and Kane 1997, p.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

and Benskin 1986, p. 199). A manuscript of the Prick of Conscience of the first half of the fifteenth century copied by one scribe (Lewis and McIntosh 1982, p.144). ff. 1r-130v Prick of Conscience (Southern Recension, IMEV 3429 ) 'Here

• Foliate initial 'B'(eatus) with a full foliate border and the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex, with two eagles as supporters, and with her badge, a fatterlock, combined with the badge of her husband, a knot., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

of Isabel, sister ofRichard, duke ofYork, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex, with two eagles as supporters, and with her badge, a fatterlock, combined with the badge

• Calendar page for December with added obits of Richard, duke of York, and Edward Bourchier, both killed at the battle of Wakefield (30th December 1460), 'Obitus Rica[rdi] Ducis Ebor[is] / Anno D[omi]ni Mill[es]imo cccc mo / Sexagesimo / Edwardus Bourgchier / filius d[omi]ne Isabelle comi/tisse Essex[ensis] et Sororis / eiusdem duciis, obiit eisdem / die et anno suprascript[is]'., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

beginning of major Psalm divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister ofRichard, duke ofYork, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of

• Arms of Thomas Wolsey, royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal., An explication of the ten commandments (imperfect at the beginning) (ff. 1-8v), Lavynham's Little Treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins (De septem mortalibus peccatis), a tract on the Pater Noster (ff. 28v-48v), and various other religious works (imperfect at the end)

fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Thomas Wolsey Richard Lavenham and various other authors (index Richard Lavynham,

• Blank flyleaf at the beginning of the manuscript., Added prayers to saints

son of John Holland: the calendar of the Rennes Psalter includes dates of birth of children ofRichard (d. 1460), duke ofYork and Cecily Neville (b. 1415, d. 1495) added after 1461: Anne ofYork, Edward, Elisabeth ofYork,

• Obits of the members of the de Grandison family and some medical recipes in English inscribed on the flyleaf., Added prayers to saints

son of John Holland: the calendar of the Rennes Psalter includes dates of birth of children ofRichard (d. 1460), duke ofYork and Cecily Neville (b. 1415, d. 1495) added after 1461: Anne ofYork, Edward, Elisabeth ofYork,

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

frere To preche and eek to begge it is no doute In which þer wente a lymytour aboute , A mersshy countre called holdernesse LOrdynges þer is in york schire , as I gesse Here begynneþ þe Somnours tale ,

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

losengeour That plesen yow more bi my feith Than he that sothfastnesse vnto yow seith Redeth Ecclesiastre of flaterye Beth war ye lordes of hir treccherie This chauntecleer stood hie vpon his toos Strecchyng his nekke and heelde his eyen

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

sche sterte Sche was so full of torment and of Rage Whan þat hire housbonde hadde lost his lyff Ful lowder þen dede hasdrubaldes wyff But soueraynly dame Pertelote schright Whan þey hadde seye of chaunteclere þe sight As maden

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

, be my feith Than he that soothfastnesse , vn to ȝow seith Redeth Ecclesiast , of flaterie Beth war ȝe lordes , of here trecherie This Chauntecler stod hye , vp oon his toos Strecchynge his nekke , helde

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

sayn of Chauntecler þe sight Nought soueraignly dam pertelote schright Ful lowder þan did hasdrubaldes wyf Whan þat hir housebond had lost his lyf And þat þe Romayns had I brent Cartage Sche was so ful of torment and of

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 24,203 British Library, London 160 images.

of the XIVth cent. Much injured by the application of an extract of galls to bring out the writing. On f. 22 b is an acknowledgment of a debt from Robert Barkynburyo, of Langton, to Richard Enggersoun, ofYork,

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 34,193 British Library, London 230 images.

of Chartres] Collection(s) Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 34,193 Source Library British Library, London Description 1 1. Copies of two charters concerning the privileges of the Dean and Chapter of St. Peter's,

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 39943 British Library, London 167 images.

of ch. xxv, beg. of ch. xxviii, ends of chs. xxxi, xxxv (with rubric to xxxvi), xxxvi (with rubric to xxxvii), beg. of ch. xli, whole of ch. xliii, end of ch. xlv. f. 7 b: (5) (5) Account

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 30,031 British Library, London 115 images.

Description MIRROR of the Life of Christ: translated from the Speculum vite Christi of St. Bonaventura by Nicholas Love, prior of the Carthusian monastery of Mount Grace, co. York. The preface is headed, "Here bigynneþ þe prohemie of þe book

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 33,736 British Library, London 13 images.

a Latin elegiac poem in praise of Henry VII. and in celebration of the birth of Prince Arthur in 1486, by Peter Carmelianus of Brescia, afterwards Chaplain and Latin Secretary to the King, Archdeacon of Gloucester, etc. (Gr. x.) Vellum;