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MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1

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

MS. Ash. Rolls 21

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MS. Ashmole 25
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Genealogy of the Kings of England from William I to Henry VI, illustrated with verses and medallions — 15th century, middle; English

MS. Ashmole 304

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Texts on prognostication; England (St Albans), before 1259

MS. Ashmole 764

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

MS. Ashmole 789

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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, etc. — 14th century; English
John Somer — 14th century, end (after 1387); English

MS. Barocci 170

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Leo the Wise — 1577; Italian, Venice (?)

MS. Bodl. 297

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John of Worcester, etc. — Multiple dates; English, Bury St. Edmunds, Benedictine abbey

MS. Bodl. 596

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John Gerson, etc. — 15th century, beginning (after 1415); English
John Lydgate — 15th century, third quarter; English
Bede, Lethaldus Miciacensis, etc. — 11th century, end – 12th century, beginning; English, Durham, cathedral priory

MS. Bodl. 851

Contents:
Walter Map, De nugis curialium; Latin poetry; Piers Plowman (Z- and C-texts); England, 14th century, late, or 15th century,…

MS. Bodl. 912

Contents:
Guillaume le Clerc, John Lydgate — 14th century, beginning; English
'Matthew of Westminster', John Bever, etc. — 14th century, beginning; English

MS. Bodl. 968

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Mirouer historiale abregé de France — c. 1451–1473; French, Angers

MS. Bodl. Rolls 6

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Gervase of Canterbury, etc. — 15th century, second quarter; England

MS. Canon. Misc. 378

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Notitia dignitatum, etc.; Switzerland (Basel), 1436

MS. Canon. Misc. 521

Contents:
Leo the Wise — 16th century; Italian
Treatise on motion — 1505; Italian
Hero of Alexandria — c. 1500; Italian

MS. Canon. Misc. 575

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John the Deacon, Vita S. Gregorii Papae, etc.; 11th century, end, Austria(?), Carinthia(?)

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 (between 988 and 1006)

MS. Digby 140

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

MS. Douce 381

Contents:
Life of St. Juliana — 13th century
Adam Ross — 13th century
The Destruction of Troy — 13th century
Characters of first eighteen days of the month in relation to good and ill fortune — 15th century
Martijn van Thorout — 14th century, second half; Dutch
Romance of Garin de Montglane (?) — 15th century
Songs — 15th century, late
Songs with music — 14th century, late (?)
Chanson de Jérusalem — 13th century
Collectar and Hymnal — 13th century
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MS. Fairfax 16

Contents:
Miscellany of poetry by Chaucer, Hoccleve, Lydgate, and other writers

MS. Germ. d. 1

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Guardbook of fragments: A Der Heilegen Leben; Germany, 15th century. B Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae;…