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MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2

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Codex Selden (Codex Añute): Mixtec pictorial manuscript (ñee ñuhu)

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. Ash. Rolls 38

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MS. Ashmole 23
Contents:
Genealogical chronicle of the Kings of England to Edward II — Multiple dates; English

MS. Ash. Rolls 50

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MS. Ashmole 1773
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Genealogy of the Kings of England to Edward I and the kings of Scotland to John Balliol — 1292 × 1307; 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. Auct. F. 2. 29

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Justinus — 15th century, third quarter; France

MS. Auct. F. 3. 14

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Isidore — c. 1120–30; English
Bede, Helperic of Auxerre, etc. — 12th century; English
Easter tables — 12th century, early; English
Robert the Lotharingian, etc. — 12th century; English

MS. Barocci 17

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Pseudo-Callisthenes 13th cent.

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. 316

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Ranulf Higden, Thomas Walsingham, etc. — 1394 × 1397; English, Norwich

MS. Bodl. 581

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De Quadripartita Regis Specie, Somniale Danielis, etc. — 14th century, late (after 1391); English

MS. Bodl. 602

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Hugh de Fouilloy, etc. — 13th century, second quarter; English
John Cassian, Palladius of Hellenopolis — 13th century, early; English

MS. Bodl. 851

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

MS. Bodl. 912

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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 3

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Genealogy of the kings of England from Brut to Edward I — 1292 × 1307; English

MS. Bodl. Rolls 5

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Genealogy of the kings of England to Richard III, Chronicle of the Percy family to 1485 — c. 1485

MS. Bodl. Rolls 6

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

MS. Bodl. Rolls 10

Contents:
Genealogy of the kings of England to Henry VI — 15th century, second quarter

MS. Broxb. 112.3

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Broxbourne ledger no. R 435
Contents:
Chronicle roll of the Kings of England, Ethelbert to Edward II — Multiple dates; English

MS. Canon. Ital. 22

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Fra Niccolò da Ferrara — 15th century, end; Italian, Bologna or Venice (?)

MS. Canon. Misc. 378

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

MS. Canon. Misc. 438

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Livy — c. 1400; French

MS. Digby 81

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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

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

MS. D'Orville 14

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Justin — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Ferrara (?)

MS. Douce 92

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Louis le Blanc (attrib.) — 1509–1510; France

MS. Douce 129

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Johannes de Sacro Bosco — 14th century, end; English
Chronicle of England, Creation to 1407 — 14th century, end; English

MSS. Douce 202-3

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Valerius Maximus — 15th century (after 1401); French

MS. Douce 205

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Jean Wauquelin — c. 1500; Flemish

MS. Douce 217

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Grandes Chroniques de France — 14th century, end; French

MS. Douce 241

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Book of Fate — 15th century, second quarter; Italian, North

MS. Douce 297

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Gesta Francorum — 13th century, end; French

MS. Douce 308

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Jacques de Longuyon — 14th century, first quarter; French, Metz (?)
Richard de Fournival — 14th century, first quarter; French, Metz (?)
Jacques Bretel, etc. — 14th century, first quarter; French, Metz (?)
Huon de Mery — 14th century, first quarter; French, Metz (?)

MSS. Douce 336-7

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Miroir des histoires du monde, The Siege of Jerusalem, etc. — 15th century, second half (before 1463 (?)); French

MS. Douce 353

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Histoire ancienne jusqu'a César — 15th century, third quarter; French

MS. e Mus. 42

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Genealogy of the Kings of England to 1461 — c. 1467–1469; English

MS. Eng. hist. e. 193 (R)

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Thomas Gardiner, monk of Westminster — 1542; English

MS. Fairfax 16

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

MS. Fr. d. 1 (R)

Contents:
Genealogy of the Kings of England from Egbert to Edward II — c. 1321–27; English, East Anglia

MS. Fr. d. 4

Contents:
Chronicle of France from Creation to 1339 — 15th century, first half; French

MS. Germ. d. 1

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

MS. Hatton 53

Contents:
Flores Historiarum — After 1307; English

MS. Hatton 77

Contents:
Poems on the First Crusade — 13th century, middle; English

MS. Holkham misc. 50

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Jacques de Guise — c. 1490; Flemish

MS. Holkham misc. 51

Contents:
Jacques de Guise — c. 1490; Flemish

MS. Lat. misc. b. 2 (R)

Contents:
Pedigree-chronicle of the kings of England to 1432, Pedigree-chronicle of Tewkesbury abbey to 1435, continued to 1480 — c. 1435; English, Tewkesbury (?)

MS. Lat. misc. d. 85

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Bartolomeo Fonzio — 15th century, end; Italian, Florence

MS. Laud Lat. 50

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Livy — 15th century, beginning; Italian, Bologna (?)

MS. Laud Lat. 112

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Livy — 15th century, beginning; Italian, Verona (?)

MS. Laud Misc. 247

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Victor de Vita, Paul the Deacon, etc. — 12th century, second quarter; added decoration, c. 1300; English

MS. Laud Misc. 572

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'Matthew of Westminster', John Bever — c. 1300; English

MS. Laud Misc. 587

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Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Bonincontrus de Bonis or Bovis — c. 1330; Italian, Venice

MS. Laud Misc. 637

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Peter of Langtoft, etc. — 1333; French

MS. Laud Misc. 653

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Jean de Wavrin — 15th century, third quarter; Flemish

MS. Laud Misc. 720

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Geoffrey of Monmouth, Giraldus Cambrensis — 13th century, third quarter; English
Historical extracts relating to Scotland, Charter of Richard I relating to Scotland — 13th century, third quarter; English

MS. Laud Misc. 730

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Peter of Ickham — 15th century, third quarter; English

MS. Laud Misc. 733

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Johannes de Bado aureo, etc. — c. 1440–1450; English

MS. Laud Misc. 751

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Quintus Curtius — c. 1470–1480; Flemish

MS. Lyell 33

Contents:
Genealogical chronicle of Kings of England from Adam to Edward IV — c. 1469–1470; English

MS. Lyell 75

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Legendary account, with illustrations, of the founding of the Monastery of SS. Abundius and Abundantius (S. Bonda) near Siena — 15th century, middle; Italian, Siena (?)

Merton College MS. 317

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M. 2. 11
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JOSEPHUS; S. XII 3/4, XIV in.

MS. Montagu d. 32

Contents:
Leonardo Bruni, Petrarch — c. 1470–1480; Italian, Florence

MS. Rawl. B. 150

Contents:
Geoffrey of Monmouth — 13th century, last third; English

MS. Rawl. B. 170

Contents:
Chronicle from c. 1214–1260, Grandes Chroniques de France — 14th century, beginning; French

MS. Rawl. B. 214

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Poetic anthology written by John Wylde after 1469

MS. Rawl. C. 563

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Peter of Poitiers, etc. — c. 1300; English
Martinus Polonus — 14th century, beginning; English

MS. Rawl. D. 329

Contents:
Genealogy of the Kings of England from William I to Edward II, Chronicle of England (Brut Chronicle) to 1333, etc. — 14th century, second quarter; English

MS. Rawl. D. 893

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Guardbook of manuscript fragments

MS. Rawl. D. 939

Contents:
Agricultural and prognostic almanac in six pieces — 14th century, second half; English

MS. Top. Glouc. d. 2

Contents:
Founder's and benefactors' book of Tewkesbury Abbey — 16th century, beginning; English, Tewkesbury