LITURGY

MS 1019

Sacramentary, Italy, 1100-1150
Fragment of a leaf from a sacramentary, with writing by at least three scribes.

1 fragment

G [Marescalchi] Strongroom. Enclosed as fly-leaves in the binding of Marc Antonio Marescalchi, Discursus ad Naturalia Principia (Verona, c. 1580). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.1 no.1

2

MS 657

Collectar, England, 1225-1275
Adjacent bifolia from a Collectar, containing the sanctorale for masses, and the common of a confessor, confessors and a virgin.

4 leaves

MS 657. Theological treatises and sermons, notably by Robert Holcot. Enclosed as paste-downs, now raised, in the medieval binding of the manuscript. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.2 no.3

3

MS 817

[Calendar], 13 th century
Fragments of a leaf from a calendar containing the feasts of several saints.

7 fragments

MS 817 Box 2/8. BROMHEAD, Lt Col Alfred Claude (1876-1963). See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.2 no.4

4

MS 597

Book of hours, [ France], 1400-1425
Consecutive vellum leaves from a Book of Hours of Roman use, perhaps written in France, containing parts of the office of Lauds.

2 leaves

MS 597/1-2. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.3 no.7

5

MS 519

Book of Hours (Use of Rome, Péronne), [1450-1500]
Book of Hours of Roman use, in French and Latin, written and illuminated for female use at or near Péronne, France.

1 volume of 227 leaves

MS 519. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p.369

6

MS 509

Book of Hours (Use of Rome), [1450-1500]
Book of Hours of Roman use, in Latin, written in north-east France or Flanders, illuminated throughout.

1 volume of 104 leaves

MS 509. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p.368

7

MS 601

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), 15 th century
Incomplete Book of Hours of Paris use, written in north-east France, in Latin and French.

1 volume of 77 leaves

MS 601. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p.373

8

MS 906

Book of Hours ( Paris), early 15 th century
Book of Hours written in northern France, possibly Paris, in Latin and English.

85 leaves

MS 906. See the AIM25 record of this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

9

MS 543

[Pontifical], Italy, 15 th century
Consecutive bifolia from a Pontifical, containing part of the Ordo in Sabbato Sancto.

4 leaves

MS 543. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.4 no.8

10

MS 1020

[Lectionary], Italy, 1100-1150
Fragments of two leaves of a lectionary, containing parts of verses from Isaiah and Matthew.

2 fragments

Incunabula 1480 Strongroom. Clothing round the spine in the binding of Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Institutiones Oratiae ([Venice, c.1480]). Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.4 no. 58

11

MS 889

Diurnal, Bavaria, 1428
Diurnal (Winter part only), written in Latin.

1 volume of 209 leaves

MS 889. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

12

MS 620

[Psalter], Ile de France, 1225-1250
Miniatures probably cut from the first leaves of a Psalter, illustrating scenes from the life of Christ.

11 fragments

MS 620. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.1 no.2

13

MS 545

Psalter, [ North-East France], 14 th/15 th centuries
Leaf containing part of Psalm 118, 121-42.

1 leaf

MS 545. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.3 no.6

14

MS 541

Missal, France, c1300-c1350
Part of a missal of Paris use (?), in Latin, made in France and containing prefaces and Canon of the Mass.

1 volume of 15 leaves

MS 541. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p.373

15

MS 830

Missal, Italy, 14 th century
Leaf containing part of the sanctorale from a Missal of Roman use.

1 leaf

MS 830/4. Medieval manuscript fragments (12th-14th century). See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.3 no.5. See also items 39, 57, 77 on this list.

16

MS 639

Noted Missal, England ( Hereford), 1150-1200
Leaf from the temporale of a noted Missal of Hereford use, with part of the epistle, gradual, gospel, offertory, secret, communion and post-communion of the 3 rd Sunday after Epiphany, and the introit, epistle, gospel and secret of the 4 th Sunday.

1 leaf

MS 639/1. Antiphoner and noted Missal fragments. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.6 no.10. See also item 22 on this list.

17

MS 838

Noted Missal, Low Countries/North-east France, 1150-1200
Fragments cut from the head of two bifolia from a noted Missal, containing part of the temporale from the introit for the 3 rd feria of the 3 rd week after Quadragesima to the 4 th feria.

Fragments of 4 leaves

MS 838. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.7 no.11. See also item 28 on this list.

18

MS 1021

Noted Missal, 1250-1300
Consecutive leaves from the temporale of a noted Missal of Sarum use, with part of a mass for the week after Easter to the 3 rd Sunday after Easter.

2 leaves

Bf [Guevara] folio Strongroom. Enclosed as paste-downs, now raised, in the 16 th century binding of Antonio de Guevara, Bishop of Guadix and Mondoñedo, The Dial of Princess ([London], 1568). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.7 no.12

19

MS 1022

Noted Breviary, Italy, 1300-1350
Fragments of leaves from a noted Breviary containing a few words of offices of Lauds, Matins and Nocturns, and the rubric Feria V ad nocturnum.

4 fragments

A4a [Budé] folio Strongroom. Enclosed as endpaper reinforcements in the binding of Guillaume Budé, Lexicon Graeco-Latinum, seu Thesaurus Linguae Graecae ([Paris], 1554). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.8 no. 14. See also item 62 on this list.

20

MS 1023

Noted Breviary, Austria, 1575-1600
Fragment of a leaf from a noted Breviary, probably monastic, possibly Cluniac, containing part of the office for the dedication of a church.

1 fragment

Ab [Valla] Strongroom. Clothing round the spine in the 16 th century binding of Laurentius Valla, Elegentiarum Libri Sex (Strassburg, 1512). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.5 no.9. See also item 37 on this list.

21

MS 904

Breviary ( Verona), 15 th century
Breviary possibly written in Verona, in Latin.

1 volume of 600 leaves

MS 904. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

22

MS 639

Antiphoner, 14 th century
Leaves from an Antiphoner, with responds and versicles for the feasts of several saints.

2 leaves

MS 639/2. Antiphoner and noted Missal fragments. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.8 no.15. See also item 16 on this list.

23

MS 619

Antiphoner, North-east France, 13 th/14 th centuries
Fragment of a leaf from an Antiphoner, with part of the common of a martyr.

1 fragment

MS 619. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.8 no.13

24

SLV 105/2

Antiphoner, 14 th century
Fragments from a bifolium of an Antiphoner, containing part of the antiphons Symon dormis and Tanto tempore vobiscum eram for the 4 th feria after the 6 th Sunday of Quadragesima.

Fragments of 2 leaves

[SL] I [Gower] folio. Enclosed as endpaper reinforcements in the 16 th century binding of John Gower, De Confessione Amantis (London, 1554). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.9 no.16.

25

MS 864

Antiphoner, Spain or Italy?, 1550-1600
Leaf from an Antiphoner containing part of the office for the Commemoration of St. Paul.

1 leaf

MS 864. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.10 no.57

26

MS 845

Sequentiary, [South-west Germany], 14 th century
Leaves containing parts of the sequences Eia recolamus laudibus piis digna and Natus ante secula dei filius for Christmas, and Festa Christi omnis christianitas celebret for Epiphany.

2 leaves

MS 845. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.9 no.17

27

MS 561

[Psalms], [France], 15 th/16 th centuries
Fragment of a large leaf containing part of Psalm 131, 9-12 on the recto and Psalm 131, 18 and Psalm 132, 1-2 on the verso.

1 fragment

MS 561. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.10 no.18

28

MS 839

Music fragment, 16 th century
Fragment of a folio containing musical notation.

Fragment of a leaf

MS 839. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

See also item 17 on this list.

BIBLE AND BIBLE COMMENTARIES

29

MS 546
MS 576

Bible, France, 13 th century
Leaves from a Bible containing parts of the texts from Jeremiah, Baruch, and Ezekiel.

3 leaves

MS 546/1-2, 576. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.12 no.22

30

MS 1024

[Bible?], 14 th century
Fragment of a leaf containing part of Sirach.

1 fragment

X [Cardano] Strongroom. Endpaper reinforcement in the 16 th century binding of Girolamo Cardano, Contradicentium Medicorum Libri Duo (Paris, 1565). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.13 no.23

31

MS 785

Bible (Genesis to Ruth), early 13 th century
First volume of a Bible set also containing a commentary, written in Latin.

1 volume of 204 leaves

MS 785. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

32

MS 905

Bible (Latin), 13 th century
Bible volume written in Latin.

1 volume of 400 leaves

MS 905. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

33

MS 292

Bible, [ Netherlands], 1475-1500
Bible manuscript in four volumes, written in Latin.

4 volumes

LAWRENCE, Sir Edwin Durning- (1837-1914). See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p. 367. See also item 80 on this list.

34

MS 840

Concordance to the Bible, 14 th century
Bifolium containing part of the third Dominican concordance to the Bible.

2 leaves

MS 840/1. LOWTHER, Anthony William George (d 1973). See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.13, no.24

35

MS 835

Bede on Song of Songs, 1100-1150
Consecutive bifolia containing Bede’s commentary on Song of Songs.

4 leaves

MS 835. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.11, no.19

36

MS 1025

Commentary on St. Matthew’s Gospel, 1125-1275
Fragment of a leaf containing part of a commentary on the Gospel according to St. Matthew 21, 34-44.

1 fragment

G8.94 [Calvin] Strongroom. Enclosed as a pastedown, now raised, in the 17 th century binding of Jean Calvin, Institutionis Christianae Religionis…Epitome (London, 1584). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.11 no.20. See also item 59 on this list.

37

MS 1026

Commentary on the Bible, 13 th century
Strip cut from the head of a leaf, containing part of a commentary on the Bible written in cursive litterae notulares.

1 fragment

Ab [Valla] Strongroom. Clothing round the spine in the 16 th century binding of Laurentius Valla, Elegentiarum Libri Sex (Strassburg, 1512). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.12 no.21. See also item 20 on this list.

38

MS 843

Exposition of the Psalms, England, 1350-1400
Leaf containing part of a scholastic exposition of Psalm 101, 2-5.

2 fragments constituting a complete leaf

MS 843/1. Commentary on the Psalms; legal letters. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.15 no.25

ECCLESIASTICAL

39

MS 830

Bible, [ France], 13 th century
Leaf containing part of St. Jerome’s Epistola ad Paulinum, no.53, and the first few words of the prologue to the Pentateuch.

1 leaf

MS 830/2. Medieval manuscript fragments (12th-14th century). See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.15 no.26. See also items 15, 57, 77 on this list.

39

MS 1027

Primer, England, 1350-1400
Fragments from leaves containing Middle English devotional prose in a south-eastern dialect.

2 fragments

[CSC] 1602 [Willis] Box 2 Strongroom. Enclosed as fly-leaves in the binding of John Willis, The Art of Stenographie (London, 1623). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.16 no.27

THEOLOGY

41

MS 575

Treatise on the Mass, Low Countries, 14 th century
Fragments of a leaf containing part of a treatise on the mass, in Flemish.

2 fragments

MS 575. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.7 no.28

42

MS 1

Treatise on the Mass, England, 1350 – 1400
Fragment of a leaf containing part of a treatise on the mass.

1 fragment

MS 1, folio 2a. Enclosed in the binding of the manuscript ‘Vie du Prince Noir’, by Chandos Herald. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.17 no.29. See also item 70 on this list.

43

MS 1028

Treatise on the Mass, Germany, 15 th century
Bifolium from a treatise on the mass.

2 leaves

Incunabula 1497 Strongroom. Enclosed in the binding of Sermones Sancti Bernardi Abbatis Clarevallis super Cantica Canticourm/ Sermones Gilberti super Cantica Canticorum (Strassburg, 1497). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.18 no.30.

44

MS 657

Theological treatises and sermons, notably by Robert Holcot, 13 th-15 th century
Manuscript volume probably written in Norfolk during the 15th century, containing eleven theological works, including Robert Holcot's Convertemini, the Speculum Christiani, and numerous sermons.

1 volume of 187 leaves

MS 657. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL p.374

45

MS 269

Conradus de Saxonia, Speculum Mariae, etc., [ Germany], 15 th century
Sermons about the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Latin.

1 volume of 94 leaves

MS 269. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p. 365

46

MS Carlton

Theology, 13 th century
Fragment of a bifolium containing part of a work devoted to contemplation.

Fragment of 2 leaves

MS Carlton 1/7. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.18. no.59

PHILOSOPHY

47

MS 592

Commentary on Aristotle, 1200-1250
Fragment cut from the head of a bifolium, containing part of a commentary on Aristotle’s De Anima, book III.

Fragments of 2 leaves

MS 592/5. Medieval manuscript fragments, mainly relating to law. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.19 no.31. See also items 53, 61, 65 on this list.

48

MS 724

[Philosophy], Italy, 1250-1300
Bifolia containing part of a work of scholastic philosophy, written in a highly abbreviated cursive university hand.

4 leaves

MS 724. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.19 no.32.

49

MS 1029

[Philosophy], 14 th century
Leaves containing part of a work of scholastic philosophy.

2 leaves

[De M] Ba [Aristotle] folio Secondary Strongroom.

Enclosed in the 16 th century binding of a commentary on Aristotle’s Organon, Perlustratio Commentaria in Vetere Arte Arestotelis (Cologne, 1505). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.19 no.33.

CANON LAW

50

MS 544

Decretales Gregorii IX, 1225 – 1275
Leaf containing part of Lib. III of the Decretales Gregorii IX, on the rights of patrons over churches and the financial liabilities of churches.

1 leaf

MS 544. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.20 no.34.

51

MS 681

Decretales Gregorii IX, England, 1250-1300
Leaf containing text from Lib.II of the Decretales Gregorii IX on testimonies in court.

1 leaf

MS 681. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.20 no.36.

52

MS 1030

Decretales Gregorii IX, 1300-1350
Fragment of a leaf containing text from Lib. III of the Decretales Gregorii IX.

1 fragment

Ge.2 [Falcandus] Strongroom. Clothing round the spine in the binding of Historia Hugonis Falcandi Siculi de Rebus Gestis in Siciliae Regno (Paris, 1550). See card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.21 no.37

53

MS 592

Decretum, 13 th century
Consecutive leaves containing text from Gratian’s Decretum, on penance and the marriage of those who had sworn chastity.

2 leaves

MS 592/2-3. Medieval manuscript fragments, mainly relating to law. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.20 no.35. See also items 47, 61, 65 on this list.

54

MS 555

Decretum, 14 th century
Leaves containing text from Distinctio IV of part III of Gratian’s Decretum on baptism.

2 leaves

MS 555/1-2. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.22 no.40.

55

MS 933

Decretum Gratiani, [1546]
Written in Latin.

2 fragments

MS 933. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

56

MS 834

[Decretales?], 1300-1350
Fragments containing the gloss of a Canon Law text, probably a collection of Decretals, concerning presentations to conventual churches and elections.

2 fragments

MS 834/1-2. TOPPIN, Aubrey John (1881-1969). See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.21 no.38.

57

MS 830

Clementine Constitutiones, Germany, 14 th century
Fragment of a leaf containing Lib. III of the Clementine Constitutiones on testaments and burials.

1 fragment

MS 830/3. Medieval manuscript fragments (12th-14th century). See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.21, no.39. See also items 15, 39, 77 on this list.

58

MS 683

[Treatise on Canon Law], Italy, 14 th century
Leaf from a treatise on Canon Law.

1 leaf

MS 683. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.22 no.41.

59

MS 1097

Justinian Codex, 13 th century
First four leaves containing portions of the Codex of Justinian with the Apparatus of Accursius; fifth leaf unidentified.

5 leaves

MS 1097. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

CIVIL LAW

60

MS 1031

Summary of the Digest, 1250 – 1300
Fragment of a leaf containing part of a summary of the Digest.

1 fragment

G8.94 [Calvin] Strongroom. Enclosed as a pastedown, now raised, in the 17 th century binding of Jean Calvin, Institutionis Christianae Religionis…Epitome (London, 1584). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.23, no.42. See also item 36 on this list.

61

MS 1032

Digestum Infortiatum, Italy, 1250-1300
Fragment of a leaf containing part of Lib. XXVII of the Digestum Infortiatum.

1 fragment

Aa [Budé] folio Strongroom. Enclosed in the binding of Guillaume Budé, Commentarii Linguae Graecae (Venice, 1530). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.24 no.44.

62

MS 592

Digestum Novum, 1250-1300
Leaf containing part of Lib. XLII of the Digestum Novum.

1 leaf

MS 592/4. Medieval manuscript fragments, mainly relating to law. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.24, no.45. See also items 47, 53, 65 on this list.

63

MS 1033

Commentary on the Digest, Italy, 14 th century
Fragments cut from the head of two bifolia containing part of a commentary on a Civil Law text on accusations, probably Digestum Novum, Lib. XLVIII.

Fragments of 4 leaves

A4a [Budé] folio Strongroom. Enclosed as endpaper reinforcements in the binding of Guillaume Budé, Lexicon Graeco-Latinum, seu Thesaurus Linguae Graecae ([Paris], 1554). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.25 no.47. See also item 19 on this list.

64

MS 614

[De Forma Libellorum], Italy, 1300-1350
Bifolium containing descriptions of libelli and sentences relating to marriage, with a discussion of possessio implicita.

2 leaves

MS 614. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.24 no.46.

65

MS 3

[Civil Law], Italy, 1250-1300
Fragments of a leaf containing part of a Civil Law text.

5 fragments

MS 3. Tables of tolls for Argenta. Enclosed in the manuscript volume. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.23 no.43. See also item 68 on this list.

LEGAL MISCELLANEA

66

MS 592

Judicium Essoniorum, England, 1275-1300
Fragment of a leaf containing part of the Judicium Essoniorum, on procedure at assizes.

1 fragment

MS 592/1. Medieval manuscript fragments, mainly relating to law. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.26 no.48. See also items 47, 53, 61 on this list.

67

MS 836

Pistoia, Court of Criminal Justice, 1337
Leaf from the register of the Court of Criminal Justice of the commune of Pistoia, written by Andreas, son of the notary Johannes Thome de Aquata (?), as notary and Officialis of the Podestà, Parisanus de Parisanis de Castiniano.

1 leaf

MS 836. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.26 no.49.

68

MS 814

Property deeds relating to England, Wales and Jersey [1162] - 1659.
Collection of documents collated by Prof. Francis Wormald as a palaeography teaching tool.

80 documents

MS 814. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

See also item 84 on this list.

69

MS 3

Tables of toll for Argenta, 1423-1444

1 volume of 26 leaves

MS 3. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

See also item 64 on this list.

LITERATURE

70

MS 1035

[Legenda Sanctorum], 14 th century
Fragments from a single leaf containing part of the history of St. James the Apostle and part of the life of St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra.

2 fragments

Be [Petrarca] Strongroom. Enclosed as endpaper reinforcements in the limp vellum binding of Francesco Petrarca, Sonetti, Canzoni, et Triomphi (Venice, 1548). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.28 no.53.

71

MS 1

The Black Prince, [1385]
Volume containing a metrical chronicle composed by the Chandos Herald in French verse, commemorating the life and feats of arms of Edward the Black Prince, [1385]

1 volume of 70 leaves

MS 1. Edward, Prince of Wales, the Black Prince, [1385]. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

See also item 42 on this list.

72

MS 278

Robert of Gloucester, Chronicle, England, [1440]

1 volume of 149 leaves

MS 278. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p.366

73

SL V 17

William Langland, Piers Plowman, England, 1400-1425
End part of the manuscript volume, in Middle English.

1 volume of 114 leaves

LANGLAND, William (c 1330-1400). See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p. 376. See also item 73 on this list.

74

SL V 88

William Langland, Piers Plowman, England, 14 th-15 th century
Incomplete text, in Middle English and Latin.

1 volume of 126 leaves

LANGLAND, William (c 1330-1400). See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p.377. See also item 72 on this list.

75

MS 1034

Alexander Romance, 13 th century
Fragment of a leaf containing part of the second inter-polated version of the Historia de Preliis of Archpresbyter Leo of Naples.

1 fragment

[DLL] G8.92. Enclosed as end paper reinforcements in the lip vellum binding of the work attributed to Dr. Humphrey Ely, Certaine Briefe Notes Upon a Briefe Apologie (Paris, [1602]). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.27 no. 50

76

MS 593

Alexander Romance, London, 1330-1340
Bifolium from the Auchinleck manuscripts, National Library of Scotland Adv. MS. 19.2.1, containing part of the Middle English poem Kyng Alisaunder.

2 leaves

MS 593. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.27 no.52.

77

MS 574

Roman De Brut, 1250-1300 century
Fragment of a leaf containing part of Maistre Wace’s Roman de Brut.

1 fragment

MS 574. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.27 no.51.

CLASSICAL TRADITION

78

MS 830

Seneca, 1125 – 1175
Leaf containing part of an abridgement of Seneca’s De Beneficiis.

1 leaf

MS 830/1. Medieval manuscript fragments (12th-14th century). See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.29 no.54. See also items 15, 39, 57 on this list.

79

MS 1036

Galen, 13 th century
Fragment of a leaf containing part of the prologue and first chapter of the translation into Latin by Constantinus Africanus of Galen’s Megategni, printed in Ishak Ibn Sulaiman, Omnia Opera Ysaac ( Lyons, 1515).

1 fragment

Aa [ Gaza] Strongroom. Clothing round the spine in the binding of Theodorus Gaza, Introductionis Grammaticae Libri Quatuor (Basle, 1529). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.29 no.55.

80

MS 1037

Aristotle, Italy, 15 th century
Fragments of a single leaf containing part of Leonardo Bruni’s translation into Latin of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, printed in Decem Librorum Moralium Aristotelis Tres Conversationes ( Paris, 1535-7).

2 fragments

[GL] 1551 Strongroom. Enclosed as reinforcements to the first and last quires in the limp vellum binding of François Hotman, De Usuris Libri Duo (Lyons, 1551). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.30 no.56.

81

MS 288

Petrus Paulus Vergerius, Treatises, Italy, 1475-1500
Manuscript containing the text of De ingenuis moribus, and other texts by Guarino Veronese and Magnus Basilius, written in Latin.

1 volume

LAWRENCE, Sir Edwin Durning- (1837-1914). See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Ker, MMBL I p.366

82

MS 932

Boethius, De differentiis topicis , England, mid 13 th century
Fragments of consecutive leaves, written in Latin.

2 fragments

MS 932. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

RELATED MANUSCRIPTS

83

MS Fuller

Documents and seals, 13th-20th centuries.
Documents, mostly British but including Spanish, French, Italian, Imperial and Papal documents, of 13th-20th centuries, acquired chiefly for their seals.

35 boxes, 7 cabinets

FULLER, Alfred (1882-1961). See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

84

MS 981

Julian Brown collection, c1956-1977
Notes, papers, drawings and slides, c 1956-1977, concerning medieval manuscripts with particular reference to the Lindisfarne Gospels.

6 boxes

MS 981. See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

85

MS 809

Francis Wormald papers, c. 1930-1970
Collection containing working notebooks and lecture notes on publications written by Francis Wormald; correspondence, photographs, postcards and pocket diaries.

22 boxes

MS 809. See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

See also item 67 on this list.

86

MS 901

Seymour de Ricci papers, 1934-1955
Collection containing correspondence and notes concerning the compilation of de Ricci's Bibliotecha Britannica Manuscripta, a proposed comprehensive work on manuscript material in Great Britain, which was never completed; thirty-four boxes containing over 64,000 index cards giving bibliographic references to archive and manuscript collections in the UK.

34 boxes, 1 volume

MS 901. See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

87

MS 893

Cyril Ernest Wright papers, c1933-1972
Photographs, accompanied by notes and correspondence of manuscripts, collected by CyrilErnest Wright, including notes on certain Middle English manuscripts held in British libraries, Italian Renaissance manuscripts held in Italian, Dutch, and English libraries and museums.

3 boxes

MS 893. See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

88

MS 586

Notebook on medieval manuscripts, c1950
Notebook containing a list of books, chiefly on the subject of mediaeval illuminated manuscripts, and notes on individual manuscripts

1 volume of 90 leaves

MS 586. See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

MISCELLANEA

89

MS 902

Unidentified
Fragments written in Latin.

1 box

MS 902. See the AIM25 record for this collection. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

90

MS 934

Unidentified
Fragment written in Latin in 1608.

1 fragment

MS 934. See the AIM25 record for this manuscript. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

91

MS 1038

Unidentified
Fragments, one with writing in 15 th century hand.

6 fragments

Incunabula 1482 Strongroom. Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catena Aurea (Venice, 1482). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.31.

92

MS 1039

Unidentified
Fragments of a 15 th century deed in an Italian hand.

? fragments

[G.L.] Incunabula 1497 Strongroom. [G. Chiarini?], Questro e ellibro che tracta di mercatatie & usanze depaesi (Florence, [1497?]). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.30 verso

93

MS 1040

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in a 13 th century book hand, possibly from a service book.

1 fragment

A [Manutius] Strongroom. Aldus Manutius, Institutionum Grammaticarum libri Quator (Venice, 1514). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.31

94

MS 1041

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in a large 14 th century book hand.

1 fragment

Bb.4 [Erasmus] fol. Strongroom. Desiderius Erasmus, [Separate works-Adagia] [beginning:] Io. Frobenius politioris literature cultoribus (Basle, 1523). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.31

95

MS 1042

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in a 14 th century bookhand.

1 fragment

Ba [Themistius-Euphrada] fol. Strongroom. Themistius ‘Euphrada’, Omnia Themistii Opera (Venice, 1534). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.32

96

MS 1043

Unidentified
Fragment from a work of scholastic theology (?) written in a 13 th century Spanish hand.

1 fragment

[BL] 1542 Strongroom. Constitutionum Synodalium Omnium Archiepiscopatus Cesaraugustini ([Saragossa?], 1542). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.32

97

MS 1044

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a 14 th century secretary hand.

3 fragments

Bb [Suetonius] Strongroom. Suetonius Tranquillus, XII Caesares. Ex Castigatione Erasmi Rotterdami et D. Gysberti longolii (Cologne, 1544). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.32

98

MS 1045

Unidentified
Fragments, three with writing in a 13 th century (?) hand.

4 fragments

Bindings Case 3. Volume containing Anton Margaritha, Der Granz Jüdisch Glaub ( Frankfort, 1544), AND Samuel ‘Marochitanus’, Sentbrieff Rabbi Samuelis des Juden (Frankfrot, 1544). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.32

99

MS 1046

Unidentified
Offset impression of fragments with writing in a 14 th century (?) book hand.

2 fragments

Bindings Case 3. Primasius, Bishop of Ardumentum, Commentariorum libri Quinque in Apocalypsim (Basle, 1544). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.32

100

MS 1047

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a large 12 th century book hand.

5 fragments

H5 [Justinian-Digesta-Appendix-Budé] fol. Strongroom. Guillaume Budé, Annotationes Priores et posteriors…in Pandectas (Paris, 1556). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.33

101

MS 1048

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in a 14 th century book hand.

1 fragment

Chichester 1409 fol.

Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Interpretum Iuris Civilis Coryphei, In Ius Universum Civile Commentaria (Basle, 1562), vol. 1. See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.33

102

MS 1049

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in a large 14 th century book hand.

1 fragment

[GL] 1574 Strongroom. Tractatus Varii atque Utiles de Monetis (Cologne, 1574). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.33

103

MS 1050

Unidentified
Fragments from a treatise on civil law (?) written in a small 14 th century book hand.

3 fragments

[DLL] (XVII) Bd [La Primaudaye]. Pierre de La Primaudaye, Academie Françoise (Paris, 1580). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.34

104

MS 1051

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in a 14 th century book hand.

1 fragment

Eliot Phelips Collection, Secondary Strongroom. Index…Librorum Prohibitorum, Mandato…D.D. Gasparis Aquiroga Cardinalis, Archiepiscopi Toletani…Editus (Madrid, 1583). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.34

105

MS 1052

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a 12 th century hand

2 fragments

Cg.3 [Theophile] Strongroom. Theophile, A Tragical Historie of the Troubles and Civile Warres of the Lowe Countries (London, [1583]). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.34

106

MS 1053

Unidentified
Fragments from a glossed text written in a 13 th century book hand.

4 fragments

Be [Machiavelli] Strongroom. Niccolo Machiavelli, I Discorsi di Nicolo Machiavelli sopra la Prima Deca di Tito Livio (Palermo, 1584). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.34

107

MS 1054

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a 14 th century (?) book hand.

2 fragments

[De M] L6 [Euclid-Elementa-Latin] fol. Secondary Strongroom. Volume containing works by Euclid, Elementorum Libri XV (Cologne, 1591), and Analyseis Geometricae (Strassburg, 1566). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.34

108

MS 1055

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a small 15 th century book hand.

2 fragments

G9.5 [N.T.2-Selections-Peter] Strongroom. Peter Canisius, Notae in Evangelicas Lectiones (Freiburg, 1593). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.35

109

MS 1056

Unidentified
Fragments, two with writing in German in a 14 th century hand.

5 fragments

[DLL] (XVI) Bd [Boaistuau]. Pierre Boaistuau, called Launay, Histoires Prodigieuses, Extraictes de Plusieurs Fameux Autheurs (Antwerp, 1594). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.35

110

MS 1057

Unidentified
Fragments, two with writing in a 14 th century (?) book hand.

4 fragments

*Cc [Vergilius]. Polydore Vergilius, Historia Anglica (Douai, 1603). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.35

111

MS 1058

Unidentified
Fragment of an antiphoner (?)

1 fragment

[GL] 1606 fol. Sewn as clothing round the spine in a limp vellum binding. Barnabe Barnes, Foure Bookes of Offices (London, 1606). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.34 verso

112

MS 1059

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in a small 14 th century (?) cursive hand, visible only in reverse.

1 fragment

[DLL] CP [Hildenbrandt]. Paulus Hildenbrandt, Auriferae Artis (Frankfort, 1608). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.35

113

MS 1060

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a 12 th century book hand and small litterae notulares.

4 fragments

90 a 19. Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, Nomocanon Photii ... cum Commentariis Theodori Balsamonis (Paris, 1615). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.35

114

MS 1061

Unidentified
Fragments with 13 th century littere notulares.

? fragments

[DLL] (VI) Cc [Elizabeth-Dans]. Spine reinforcement pieces. Adolphus van Dans, Eliza; sive de Laudibus… Elizabethae (Leyden, [1619]). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.34 verso

115

MS 1062

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in German in a 15 th century cursive hand.

1 fragment

C4.2 [Trigault] Strongroom. Nicolas Trigault, De Christianis apud Japonios Triumphis (Munich, 1623). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.35

116

MS 1063

Unidentified
Fragments, two with writing in a 13 th century book hand.

4 fragments

[DLL] (XVII) Bc [Bacon-Historia Ventorum-1638]. Francis Bacon, Viscount of St. Albans, Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Ventis (Leiden, 1638). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.36

117

MS 1064

Unidentified
Fragments from a Commentary on the Gospels (?) written in a small 13 th century book hand.

2 fragments

[DLL] (xvii) Bc [Bacon-De Augmentis Scientiarum-1645]. Francis Bacon, Viscount of St. Albans, De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum Libri IX (Leiden, 1645). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.36

118

MS 1065

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a 13 th century book hand.

5 fragments

*G7 [Mohammedanism-Koran-French-1647]. Kur’an [French], L’Alcoran de Mahomet (Paris, 1647). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.36

119

MS 1066

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a 13 th century book hand.

2 fragments

Cc [ Johnston] fol. Robert Johnston, Historia Rerum Britannicarum (Amsterdam, 1655). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.35 verso

120

MS 1067

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a 15 th century book hand.

4 fragments

[DLL] F3 [Saavedra Fajardo]. Diego de Saavedra Fajardo, Idea de un Principle Politico Christiano (Amsterdam, 1659). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.36

121

MS 1068

Unidentified
Fragments with writing in a 14 th century (?) hand.

2 fragments

[DLL] F3 [Cats]. Jacob Cats, ‘s Werels Begin, midden, Eynde, Besloten in der Trow-ring (Briel, 1662). See the online catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.35 verso

122

MS 1069

Unidentified
Fragment with writing in a 15 th century book hand.

1 fragment

Chichester 235d. Edda [Poetic Edda-Icelandic and Latin], Philosophia Antiquissima Norvego-Danica dicta Voluspa (Copenhagen, 1665). See the card catalogue record for this book. Search the archives and manuscripts catalogue.

Watson, FMMULL p.36