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MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1

Contents:
‘Codex Mendoza’, etc.; A: Mexico, c. 1541 (?); B: England, early 17th century (?)

MS. Ashmole 210

Contents:
Richard Thorpe, etc. — 14th century, end; English, York (?)
Astrological treatises — 16th century, beginning; English
Astrological treatise — 17th century; Italian (?)
Astrological treatise — 16th century, beginning; English
William Lilly — 17th century; English

MS. Ashmole 391

Contents:
Medical and astrological treatises — 16th century; English
John Somer — c. 1440; English
Johannes Lichtenberger — after 1488; German
The Nativity of Sir Robert Holborne of Lincolnes Inn — 1598; English
Nicholas of Lynn — 14th century, end (after 1387); English
Geoffrey Chaucer — 15th century, beginning; English

MS. Ashmole 764

Contents:
Aeneas Sylvius, Honoré Bouvet, etc. — 15th century, third quarter - late; English (script); French (decoration)

MS. Ashmole 789

Contents:
Writing exercises — 15th century, second quarter; English
Disticha Catonis, 'Sentences of Sages' — 15th century
Formulary of letters — 15th century, first half; French
Correspondence and documents of ambassadors to England and France from the Pope of Rome, 1374-6 — 14th century, second half
Documents relating to Anglo-French treaties, 1395-1410 — 15th century
Documents relating to a meeting of the ambassadors of England and France, 1418 — 15th century
Thomas Bekynton — 14th century; English
John Somer — 14th century, end (after 1387); English

MS. Ashmole 1524

Contents:
Eusebius Gallicanus, Origen, etc. — 11th century or 12th century; English
Peter of Poitiers — 13th century, beginning; English
Boethius — 12th century, middle; Flemish (?)
Register of John de Sautre, abbot of Ramsey — 13th century, late - 14th century, early; English
'Computation of the Tymes' from Creation — 16th century, second half; English
Richard Rolle, etc. — 15th century; English

MS. Ashmole 1763

Contents:
Saints' Lives, Tucaid innarbtha Muchata a Raithin, etc. — 15th century (?); Irish
Elias Ashmole — 17th century; English

MS. Auct. D. 2. 14

Contents:
Gospels; Italy, 7th century

MS. Auct. D. 2. 16

Contents:
Gospels; France (Landevennec), s. x 1/2, with additions at St Bertin and Exeter, s. xi

MS. Auct. D. 2. 19

Contents:
The Macregol or Rushworth Gospels; Ireland (Birr), before 822

MS. Auct. F. 4. 32

Contents:
‘St Dunstan's Classbook’: four manuscripts written 9th-11th century in Brittany, Wales and England

MS. Bodl. 113

Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, Added prayers, etc. — 15th century, second quarter; England, London (?)

MS. Bodl. 264

Contents:
Romance of Alexander — 1338-1344; Flemish
Marco Polo, etc. — c. 1400; English

MS. Bodl. 572

Contents:
I(A-D) ‘Codex Oxoniensis Posterior’, Cornwall (?), Wales (?), s. x; II Penitential and canonical collection, N. E. France (?),…

MS. Bodl. 596

Contents:
Life of Adam, Religious texts, etc. — 15th century, beginning (after 1415); English
John Lydgate — 15th century, third quarter; English
Bede, Lethaldus Miciacensis, etc. — 11th century, end - 12th century, beginning; Multiple places of origin

MS. Bodl. 608

Contents:
John of Gaddesden, etc. — 15th century, second quarter; English

MS. Bodl. 939

Contents:
Prayers, offices, etc. for private use, Calendar, etc. — 15th century and 15th century, end; English and Flemish (?)

Christ Church MS. 378

Contents:
‘The Book of Orts’

MS. Digby 23

Contents:
This composite manuscript is famous for its second part, which contains the earliest copy of the Chanson de Roland. Written in…

MS. Digby 81

Contents:
Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Thomas of Newmarket (?), etc. — 15th century; English
John of Stratford, etc. — 15th century
Somniale Danielis — 15th century
Albertus Magnus — 15th century
Calendars — 15th century, end; French, North-west
Easter tables — 10th century, late - 11th century, first half

MS. Digby 140

Contents:
Poem on stars, Treatise on seasons — 13th century, end; French
Thomas Stubbs — c. 1300; English

MS. Digby 180

Contents:
Thomas of Siena — 15th century, beginning (c. 1410-20); Italian, Venice
Richard of Wallingford — 15th century; English
Life of St. Jerome — 15th century; Italian
Alchemical treatise — 15th century; French

MS. Douce 383

Contents:
Hélie de Boron — before 1500; Flemish
Collectar — 15th century
Calendar — c. 1400; English
Law dictionary — 1338; Italian, Pisa

MS. Douce b. 5

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. Douce d. 19

Contents:
Collection of illuminated and historiated initials cut from various MSS.

MS. Gough Liturg. 3

Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum — c. 1470-1480; English (made in England but partially in Flemish style)

MS. Hamilton 45

Contents:
Theological and biblical compendium, including excerpts from Thomas Aquinas, Catena aurea on the Gospels; Germany (?Erfurt…

MS. Hatton 58

Contents:
Aelius Donatus — 15th century; Italian (?)
Treatise on nouns and pronouns — 14th century, first half; English
Alanus ab Insula, Ps.-Bernard of Clairvaux — 15th century, late; English
Disticha Catonis — 15th century, early; English
Grammatical treatise on Latin cases — 15th century, end; English

MS. Hatton 76

Contents:
Gregory the Great — 11th century, first half; English, Worcester (?)
Ps.-Basil the Great — 11th century, late; English, Worcester (?)
Ps.-Apuleius — 12th century (?); English, Worcester (?)
Damigeron — 12th century, early; France

MS. Lat. liturg. b. 7

Contents:
Guardbook of liturgical and other fragments

MS. Lat. liturg. f. 2

Contents:
Bridget of Sweden, etc. — 14th century, late - 15th century, early; France or Flanders, with additions in England

MS. Lat. liturg. g. 5

Contents:
Hours of the Holy Ghost, Prayer, etc. — c. 1500; Flemish (made in England)

MS. Lat. misc. a. 3

Contents:
Fragments, 7th-17th centuries

MS. Lat. misc. b. 22

Contents:
Guardbook of medieval fragments found/acquired before 1976.

MS. Lat. misc. b. 25

Contents:
Manuscript fragments and documents accumulated by N. R. Ker (1908-82) , from known sources, 1933-65 and n.d. (the quotations of…

MS. Lat. misc. b. 26

Contents:
Manuscript fragments and documents accumulated by N. R. Ker (1908-82) , from sources not now identifiable (but most show traces…

MS. Lat. misc. c. 17

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments

MS. Lat. misc. e. 122

Contents:
Guardbook

MS. Lawn medieval 18

Contents:
Guardbook of fragments — 11th century - 16th century; Flemish (?), French, English, German, Italian

MS. Liturg. 98

Contents:
Cutting without text — 15th century, second half; English
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum — c. 1460; Flemish and English

MS. Liturg. 407

Contents:
Psalter — 13th century, first quarter; additions, 13th century, second quarter and 14th century, middle; English, Winchester (?); additions, France

Merton College MS. 44

Contents:
PENITENTIAL WORKS, HONORIUS AUGUSTODUNENSIS, &c. ; S. XIII, XIV 1/4

Merton College MS. 248

Contents:
AIDS TO PREACHING, JOHN BELETH &c.; S. XIV1, XII ex., XIII

Merton College MS. 249

Contents:
VARIA; S. XIII in.

Merton College MS. 255

Contents:
ARTICELLA, CONSTANTINE THE AFRICAN; S. XIII1

Merton College MS. 266

Contents:
JOHN OF FAENZA &c.; S. XIII-XIV

Merton College MS. 304

Contents:
Philosophical texts; Padua, c. 1581

Merton College MS. 315

Contents:
EUSEBIUS; S. IX

MS. Rawl. B. 167

Contents:
Historical, theological, ecclesiastical, legal and astrological texts, including genealogy of Pierre de Luxembourg, count of St. Pol, and his wife, fols. 186-205 — 14th century - 17th century; English and French

MS. Rawl. D. 913

Contents:
John Lydgate, Guillaume de Lorris, etc. — 14th century - 16th century; English, French, Netherlandish