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MS. Tanner 19
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Ranulf Higden, 'Monk of Evesham' — 15th century, beginning; English
MS. Tanner 169*
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Psalter with missal and breviary; England, Chester (?); 12th century, end (c. 1192–1193 (?)), with later additions
MS. Tanner 187
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Gospel of St. Matthew, with gloss — c. 1200; French (?)
MS. Tanner 192
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Astronomical and arithmetical treatises and tables, Calendar — 14th century, second half–15th century; French
MS. Tanner 198
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Carmen de natura breuium et de prerogatiua regis, Calendare nouorum statutorum, etc. — 15th century, middle (c. 1440–1450); English
MS. Tanner 201
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A late fifteenth-century manuscript of the Memoriale Credencium, a sophisticated manual of religious instruction, with shorter… — 15th century, second half / late; English
MS. Tanner 335
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Raymund de Penafort — 13th century, third quarter; English
MS. Tanner 346
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Anthology of courtly poetry in English
MS. Tanner 348
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Bede — 15th century, middle; English
MS. Tanner 419
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Francis I of France — 16th century, middle; French
MS. Tanner 450
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Statutes of England, Register of writs — 14th century, middle; English
MS. Wood C. 12
Contents:
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum — 15th century, third quarter; English and Flemish
MS. Wood empt. 3
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Cartulary of Slapton chantry, Devon — 14th century, late (after 1373); England, Devon
MS. Wood empt. 5
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John of Salisbury, Alcuin, etc. — 13th century, first half; England, Malmesbury
MS. Wood empt. 7
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Cartulary of lands in Leicestershire of Bartholomew Brokesby — 1445; England
MS. Wood empt. 19
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Missal, Use of Sarum — 15th century, first half; English
MS. Wood empt. 22
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Ps.-Galienus — 14th century, middle; England
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