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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
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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. 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. 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

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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
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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. Canon. Misc. 575

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

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. 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
[22 more parts]

MS. e Mus. 42

Contents:
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

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

MS. Fr. d. 1 (R)

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

MS. Fr. d. 4

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

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;…

MS. Hatton 53

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Flores Historiarum — After 1307; English

MS. Hatton 77

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