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Palm leaf manuscript illustrated parable - xMs U584pa10
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Palm leaf manuscript illustrated parable
Call Number: xMs U584pa10Publication Date: [19th century]Contents: illustrated Buddhist parable
Place of origin: unknown
Language(s): [Burmese?]
Burmese fortune teller's book - xMs U584bu
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Burmese fortune teller's book
Call Number: xMs U584buPublication Date: 19th CenturyContents: Almanac
Place of origin: Chūʺ le Cetī toʻ (Rangoon, Burma)
Language: Burmese
Bible Leaf- xfBS389.075 1943 (1150 leaf)
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Bible Leaf. Kings III 20 (partial), 21, 22 (until the beginning of verse 29).
Call Number: xfBS389.075 1943 (1150 leaf)Publication Date: AD [1150] - This is Otto Ege's date. Given the physical extent, this may be closer to 1180 (see De Hamel, The Book: A History of the Bible, p. 118.)Place of origin: France
Language(s): Latin
Vulgate Bible Leaf- xfBS389.O75 1943 (1240 leaf)
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Vulgate Bible Leaf. Gospel of Mark (Chapters: end of 14, 15, 16) Gospel of Luke: Prologue. Monarchian prologue (4th or 5th century) common in the Vulgate Bible.
Call Number: xfBS389.075 1943 (1240 leaf)Publication Date: AD [1240] - There are no concordance letters in margins, but this may be due to the fact that we only have one leaf and it would depend on this being either Dominican or Franciscan. The flourished L corresponds more to the 1230s. See Patricia Stirneman (bibliographical reference below), 67.Place of origin: Paris, France
Language(s): Latin
Additional content note: This leaf is likely either Dominican or Franciscan since it is lightly decorated and includes a folio number.
Vulgate Bible Leaf- xfBS389.O75 1943 (1310 leaf)
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Vulgate Bible Leaf. Gospel of John end of chapter 4 and beginning of chapter 5.
Call Number: xfBS389.O75 1943 (1310 leaf)Publication Date: AD [1310] - Date taken from a later label. The flourished initial seems to confirm this date. See Patricia Stirneman (bibliographical reference below), 69-71.Place of origin: Paris, France
Language(s): Latin
Antiphonal- xMMS.An1
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Antiphonal. "Domine qui operati sunt": Psalm 14, Verse 2.01. "Haec est generatio": Psalm 23, Verse 6.
Call Number: xMMs.An1Publication Date: 16th or 17th CenturyPlace of origin: Spain
Language(s): Latin
Additional content note: "Domine qui operati sunt" is from psalm 14, verse 2.01. This is followed by another chant "Haec est generatio," Psalm 23, verse 6. Both of these were antiphons used on All Saint's Day, at the office of matins.
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MsC0542 Finding AidThe original finding aid for MsC0542, the Medieval Manuscript Collection
French Antiphonal- xMMS.An2
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Antiphonal. Antiphons to be sung between Advent and Easter at the magnificat. For Saint Lucia (Dec 13), Saint Thomas (Jul 3), and Saint Agnes, the Virgin (sung at Vespers Jan 21).
Call Number: xMMs.An2Publication Date: [15th Century, possibly 14th Century]- Based on four-line staves, square neumes with variable distance between them, script and decorated capitals. Script indicates 15th Century.Place of origin: [France, possibly Italy]
Language(s): Latin
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MsC0542 Finding AidThe original finding aid for MsC0542, the Medieval Manuscript Collection
Spanish Antiphonal- xMMS.An4
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Antiphonal. Antiphonal chants for All Saint's Day (Nov. 1) and Saint Martin's Feast Day (Nov. 11).
Call Number: xMMs.An4Publication Date: [16th Century] - penciled notation indicating 15th century appears to be incorrect based on other evidencePlace of origin: [Spain, possibly Italy] - a later stamp on an inside folio reads "Made in Spain," although other evidence could indicate Italian origins
Language(s): Latin
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MsC0542 Finding AidThe original finding aid for MsC0542, the Medieval Manuscript Collection
Spanish or Italian Antiphonal- xMMS.An3
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Spanish or Italian Antiphonal. Includes antiphons for Nov 1, the Feast of All Saints' and Nov 11, the Feast of Saint Martin, Bishop and Confessor, from the Sanctoral Cycle
Call Number: xMMs.An3Publication Date: [15th Century, possibly 16th Century]- 15th century based on the four-line staves and the closeness of the notes. Perhaps 16th based on the script and decorated capitalsPlace of origin: [Spain, possibly Italy]
Language(s): Latin
De Ricci number: may be no. 16 from 1962 census
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MsC0542 Finding AidThe original finding aid for MsC0542, the Medieval Manuscript Collection
Particion de los Vienes- xMMs.Doc2
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Particion de los Vienes by
Call Number: xMMs.Doc2Publication Date: 1690, 1699Contents: The last will and testament of Don Francisco Muñoz de Carillo and Ynes Muñoz Carillo, Marquesà de Villel
Place of origin: Cuenca, Spain
Language(s): Spanish
Modern Edition: None
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MsC0542 Finding AidThe original finding aid for MsC0542, the Medieval Manuscript Collection
Bible leaf - xMMs.Bi1
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Bible leaf
Call Number: xMMs.Bi1Publication Date: [1210]Contents: Jeremiah 31-34
Place of Origin: Cambridge, England
Language: Latin
Bible leaf- xMMs.Bi2
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Bible leaf
Call Number: xMMs.Bi2Publication Date: [1230]Contents: Ecclesiasticus 17-22
Place of origin: England or France
Language: Latin
Bible leaf- xMMs.Bi3
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Bible leaf
Call Number: xMMs.Bi3Publication Date: [1240]Contents: II Maccabees 2-4
Place of origin: Oxford, England
Language: Latin
Bible leaf- xMMs.Bi4
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Bible leaf
Call Number: xMMs.Bi4Publication Date: [1240]Contents: II Esdras 11-13
Place of origin: France
Language: Latin
Bible leaf- xMMs.Bi5
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Bible leaf
Call Number: xMMs.Bi5Publication Date: [1230-1250]Contents: IIII Kings 9-15
Place of origin: France
Language: Latin
Bible leaf- xMMs.Bi6
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Bible leaf
Call Number: xMMs.Bi6Publication Date: [1230/1250]Contents: II Maccabees 5-12
Place of origin: France
Language: Latin
Clay tablet - xPJ4054 .U55
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Clay tablet by
Call Number: xPJ4054 .U55Publication Date: 2050 BCEContents: Receipt for a sacrificial goat
Place of origin: Umma, modern Djoka
Language: Sumerian
Qurʼān - xMs U584 qu
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QurʼānCall Number: xMs U584 quPublication Date: 19th CenturyContents: Incomplete manuscript Quran, missing 26 pages. Written in gold and red with black text of medium quality hand.
Place of Origin: Turkey?
Language: Arabic
Qurʹān - xMs U584 qu2
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QurʹānCall Number: xMs U584 qu2Publication Date: 15th Century?Contents: An early manuscript illuminated Qurʹān, with 18 illustrations in black, red, gold and blue ink.
Place of Origin: Unknown
Language: Arabic
Shāhʹnāmah-i - xMs F522 sh
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Shāhʹnāmah-i byCall Number: xMs F522 shPublication Date: 15th CenturyContents: the "Epic of Kings" written by the Persian master epic poet Abul Kasim Mansur (better known as Firdwasi or Firdusi). 49 hand-painted illustrations.
Place of Origin: Unknown
Language: Persian
دىوان حافظ : Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ - xMs H139 di
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دىوان حافظ. Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ byCall Number: xMs H139 diPublication Date: 1170 A.H. or 1756 or 1757 A.D.Contents: Illuminated manuscript collection of poems by Hafiz. 20 hand-painted illustrations of Indian origin.
Place of Origin: India?
Language: Persian and Urdu
Arabic manuscript - xMs U584 ar1
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[Arabic manuscript]Call Number: xMs U584 ar1Publication Date: 19th CenturyContents: Arabic manuscript from the Ottoman period, containing prayers for supplication in red, gold and black ink. Talismans, written in a different hand, in Ottoman Turkish, were added on blank pages at the end.
Place of origin: Turkey?
Language: Arabic and Ottoman
40 Monastic Stories - xMs U584 ar2
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40 Monastic StoriesCall Number: xMs U584 ar2Publication Date: [1690-1720]Contents: Stories Nr. 3 to 33 (maybe with some lacuna?) of the series of 40 Monastic Stories.
Place of Origin: Egypt (monastery of St. Macarius) ; Ethiopia
Language: Arabic
[Mahābhārata (fragment) : Bhagavad Gita ; Savitri] - xfMs M2141ma
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[Mahābhārata (fragment) : Bhagavad Gita ; Savitri].Call Number: xfMs M2141maPublication Date: 19th CenturyContents: These palm leaves contain two small sections from the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. One is the Bhagavad Gita or Song Celestial. The other is from the story Savitri, from the Vana Parva of the Mahābhārata.
Place of Origin: Unknown
Language: Sanskrit, written in Bengali script
[Old Burmese book used by fortune teller] - xMs U584bu2
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[Old Burmese book used by fortune teller]Call Number: xMs U584bu2Publication Date: 19th Century?Contents: Unknown
Place of Origin: Burma
Language: Burmese
[vīthi puṃ tau] - xfMs U584bu3
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[vīthi puṃ tau] by
Call Number: xfMs U584bu3Publication Date: ca.1890-1910Contents: Diagrams of cognitive processes (vīthi), followed by an enumeration of other analytical categories—e.g. the different types of matter (rūpa), or of mental factors (cetasika)— and their characteristics, as well as a table of correspondence between the Burmese and Sinhalese scripts.
Place of Origin: Burma
Language: Burmese, Sinhalese
[Ethiopian talisman manuscript sewn inside closed leather case] - xMs U584et
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[Ethiopian talisman manuscript sewn inside closed leather case]Call Number: xMs U584etPublication Date: 20th Century?Contents: Ethiopian healing scroll in a closed leather case
Place of Origin: Ethiopia
Language: Ge'ez
[Ethiopian binding 15 quire text without covering] - xMs U584etb15
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[Ethiopian binding 15 quire text without covering]Call Number: xMs U584etb15Publication Date: UnknownContents: [Ethiopian Christian work]
Place of origin: Ethiopia
Language: Ge'ez
[Ethiopian binding 17 quire text with exposed spine] - xMs U584etb16
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[Ethiopian binding 17 quire text with exposed spine]Call Number: xMs U584etb16Publication Date: UnknownContents: [Ethiopian Christian work]. Bound in wooden boards.
Place of Origin: Ethiopia
Language: Ge'ez
[Ethiopian binding 17 quire text with exposed wooden boards and traditional case] - xfMs U584etb
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[Ethiopian binding 17 quire text with exposed wooden boards and traditional case]Call Number: xfMs U584etbPublication Date: UnknownContents: Ethiopian Christian work. Bound in wooden boards with string repair to one board. Contained in a two part leather slip case.
Place of origin: Ethiopia
Language: Ge'ez
[Ethiopian binding 13 quire text in tooled traditional case] - xMs U584etb16.2
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[Ethiopian binding 13 quire text in tooled traditional case]Call Number: xMs U584etb16.2Publication Date: UnknownContents: Thought to be an Ethiopian Christian work.
Place of Origin: Ethiopia
Language: Ge'ez
[Ethiopian binding 6 quire text with covering of printed cloth] - xMs U584etb6
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[Ethiopian binding 6 quire text with covering of printed cloth]Call Number: xMs U584etb6Publication Date: [1800-1950]Contents: Manuscript in Ge'ez alphabet on 6 quires of parchment, text includes sentences in red and black ink, and hand colored illustrations of Christian images. Bount in modern printed cloth over parchment boards.
Place of origin: Ethiopia
Language: Ge'ez
Daqayiq - xMs A3131da
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Daqayiq byCall Number: xMs A3131daPublication Date: Early 18th century?Place of origin: India
Language: Persian, shikasta script
Leaf from a Book of Hours - xMMs.Bo1
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Leaf from a Book of Hours
Call Number: xMMs.Bo1Publication Date: 1485Contents: Contains text from the Office for the Dead at Lauds. This leaf shows Isaiah 38: the end of verse 14 through the beginning of verse 20.
Place of Origin: France [Paris?]
Language: Latin
Leaf from a Book of Hours - xMMs.Bo2
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Leaf from a Book of Hours
Call Number: xMMs.Bo2Publication Date: 15th CenturyContents: The Hours of the Virgin, Lauds, The Canticle of the Three Children (Daniel 3)
Place of Origin: France?
Language: Latin
Leaf from a Book of Hours - xMMs.Bo3
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Leaf from a Book of Hours
Call Number: xMMs.Bo3Publication Date: ca.1400Contents: The end of the Seven Penitential Psalms and the beginning of the Litanies
Place of origin: France
Language: Latin
Book of Hours - xMMs.Bo5
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Book of Hours
Call Number: xMMs.Bo5Publication Date: 1480Contents: Calendar, the Pericopes (Gospel Readings), the "Obsecro te" and "O intemerata te" the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Cross, the Hours of the Holy Spirit, the Penitential Psalms and Litanies, and the Suffrages.
Place of Origin: Paris
Language: French, Latin
Book of Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary - xMMs.Bo6
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Book of Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Call Number: xMMs.Bo6Publication Date: late 15th centuryContents: Calendar (folio 1), Readings from the 4 Gospels (folio 13), Obsecro Te (folio 19), Hours of the Cross (folio 23), Hours of the Holy Spirit (folio 27), Hours of the Virgin (folio 30), Seven Penitential Psalms (folio 77), Litanies (folio 89), Office of the Dead (folio 93), and additional prayers including "O intemerata" (folio 133v), "Salve Regina" (folio 136), and "Inviolata integra et casta" (folio 136v)
Place of origin: Bruges or Ghent, Belgium
Language: Latin, French
Book of Hours, use of Rome - xMMs.Bo7
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Book of Hours, use of RomeCall Number: xMMs.Bo7Publication Date: 1450-1460Contents: Calendar, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Virgin for the use of Rome with Matins, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline, Penitential Psalms, Office of the Dead
Place of origin: Flanders?
Language: Latin
Leaf from a Book of Hours - xMMs.Bo8
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[Single leaf from a manuscript Book of hours]Call Number: xMMs.Bo8Publication Date: 1350-1450?Contents: Psalm 142:12, followed by a litany beginning with "Kyrie eleison" and ending on verso with "Sancte iohannes"
Place of origin: France?
Language: Latin
Book of Hours - xMMs.Bo9
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[Single leaf from a Book of Hours. Selections.]Call Number: xMMs.Bo9Publication Date: 1350-1450?Contents: Initial phrase part of the Penitential Psalms: 101:22, continuing on verso, followed by a "Gloria patri", followed by the opening lines of Psalm 129
Origin: France
Language: Latin
Book of hours of Martine Sesander (Use of Rome) - xMMs.Bo10
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Book of hours of Martine Sesander (Use of Rome) byCall Number: xMMS.Bo10Publication Date: 1465Contents: Calendar with major feasts (in red) including important south Netherlandish saints Amand and Vedast (5 February), Remy of Rheims and Bavo of Ghent (1 October), Donatian of Bruges (14 October); [f. 13, blank]; ff. 1418, Hours of the Cross; [ff. 18v19, blank]; ff. 2024, Hours of the Holy Spirit; [ff. 24v25] ff. 2640v, Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with Gospel extracts (f. 34); [f. 41, blank]; ff. 42131v, Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome, with Matins (f. 42), Lauds (f. 66), Prime (f. 81), Terce (f. 87), Sext (f. 93), None (f. 97), Vespers (f. 102), and Compline (f. 112), with additional devotions including the prayer Salve regina (f. 117v) and variants for the liturgical year (f. 119); ff. 132136v, Suffrages, including Anthony (f. 132), Martin (f. 133), John the Baptist (f. 134), Andrew (f. 134v), Katherine (f. 135), and Margaret (f. 136); [ff. 137138, blank]; ff. 139160v, Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany; [f. 161, blank].
Place of Origin: Bruges
Language: Latin
Breviary - xMMs.Br1
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Leaf from a Breviary
Call Number: xMMs.Br1Publication Date: 14th CenturyContents: Four chants: "Nunc sancte nobis spiritus.." "Rector potens verax deus..." "Rerum deus tenax vigor..." (without musical notation), and "Lucis creator optime lucem..."
Place of Origin: France [possibly Italy]
Language: Latin
Breviary for Cistercian Use - xMMs.Br2
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Breviary for Cistercian UseCall Number: xMMs.Br2Publication Date: 1475-1500Contents: Customized late medieval liturgical book. Includes psalms, liturgical calendar, daily Offices, and selected texts for the year.
Place of origin: Southwestern Germany or Switzerland
Language: Latin
Charter granting title of Citizen of Rome - xfMMs.Ch1
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[Charter granting title of Citizen of Rome] by
Call Number: xMMs.Ch1Publication Date: May 12, 1520Contents: This charter grants Thomas Rubeus de Monte Albodio the title of Citizen of Rome.
Place of origin: Rome
Language: Latin
Charter of Robert Maleson of Oxnoll - xMMs.Ch2
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[Charter of Robert Maleson of Oxnoll]
Call Number: xMMs.Ch2Publication Date: November 1, 1328Contents: Transfer of properties from Robert Maleson of Oxnall to Peter Oxnoll of Joleby.
Place of origin: Oxnall, England
Language: Latin
Charter of John Odam of Methelwood, Norfolk - xMMs.Ch3
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Charter of John Odam of Methelwood, Norfolk
Call Number: xMMs.Ch3Publication Date: May 21, 1313Contents: The grant of a piece of land from John Odam to William Aubry.
Place of origin: Norfolk, England
Language: Latin
[Carta Ejectuoria de Nobleza] Ejecutoria del pleito litigado por Rodrigo de Henao, vecino de Pajares de Adaja (Ávila), con el fiscal del rey y el concejo y pecheros de dicha villa, sobre su hidalguía - xMMs.Ch4
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Carta ejecutoria de nobleza by
Call Number: xMMs.Ch4Publication Date: 1588Contents: Carta Ejecutoria, Decree of Nobility. This document provides evidence of the court proceedings and witness testimonies that proved the noble status to Rodrigo de Henao, Don Felipe de Alvaro, his family and heirs. The document also exempts the family from taxes.
Place of origin: Valladolid, Spain. Pajares de Adaja, Spain.
Language: Spanish
Executoria contra la çiudad de Cuenca sobre las Tierras de la Cañada del Mançano - xMMs.Ch5
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Executoria contra la çiudad de Cuenca sobre las Tierras de la Cañada del Mançano by
Call Number: xMMs.Ch5Publication Date: 1432-1616Contents: Executoria contra la ciudad de Cuenca. An agreement between the City of Cuenca and Alonso Alvarez de Toledo and Juan Alvarez de Toledo, his son.
Place of origin: Granada, Spain
Language: Spanish
Indenture - xMMs.Ch6
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Charter
Call Number: xMMs.ch6Publication Date: 1630-1647Contents: Indenture
Place of origin: England
Language: English
King James I of England Charter - xMMs.Ch7
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King James I of England Charter
Call Number: xMMs.Ch7Publication Date: January 10, 1613Contents: Charter issued by King James I of England. Passage of safe conduct.
Place of origin: England
Language: Latin
Indenture on vellum - xfMMs.Doc1
Liber Possessionum - xMMs.Doc5
Leaf from a gradual - xMMs.Ps4
Leaf from a gradual - xfMMs.Gr1
Leaf from a gradual - xfMMs.Gr2
Leaf from a gradual - xfMMs.Gr3
Gradual, summer part, for Dominican use - xfMMs.Gr4
Pharsalia - xMMs.Hi1
Cronica der Statt Nurmberg - xMMs.Hi2
Koran leaf - xMMs.Ko1
Ad Herennium - xMMs.Misc1
Sanctorum et virorum Dei atque sapientium astrologorum vaticinia de pontificibus et prophetiae de statu regnorum mundi - xMMs.Misc2
Doctoral Diploma issued from the University of Macerata - xMMs.Misc3
Fragments from Book 11 of Speculum Universale by Radulphus Ardens - xMMs.Misc4
A leaf from De vita contemplativa by Julianus Pomerius - xfMMs.Misc5
Carminum II/Odes II, Odes 3-9 - xMMs.Misc6
De opificio Dei and De ira Dei - xMMs.Misc7
Missale Romanum - xfMMs.Miss1
Missale - xfMMs.Miss2
Missal, Gradual and Introit - xfMMs.Miss3
Missal, Kyrie and Gloria - xMMs.Miss4
Venetian monastery catasticho manuscript - xMMs.NoR1
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Venetian monastery catasticho manuscript
Call Number: xMMs.NoR1Publication Date: 1478-1530Contents: “Catasto” (land registry) from the Female Benedictine Monastery of San Lorenzo in Venice, Italy, with five prefixed folios containing an almost contemporary index in Italian.
Place of origin: Venice, Italy [Monastery of San Lorenzo]
Language: Italian, Latin
Italian confraternity book - xMMs.NoR2
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Italian confraternity book
Call Number: xMMs.NoR2Publication Date: 1556-1708Contents: Entries from 1556, 1597, 1605, 1612, 1626, 1628, 1635, 1638, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1658, 1708. (Note in research materials says "Register of a Venetian Confraternity dedicated to the virgin, 16th–18th century.")
Place of origin: Sedrina, Italy
Language: Italian
Leaf of sermons on the Psalms by Philip, Chancellor of Paris - xfMMs.Pr1
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Leaf of sermons on the Psalms by Philip, Chancellor of Paris
Call Number: xfMMs.Pr1Publication Date: 1190Contents: Sermon CCIIII on Psalm 96: “De luce et laetitia,” and Sermon CCV on Psalm 97: “Quomodo anima sit ordinate secundum oridnationem cithara, et de tribus partibus cithara.”
Place of origin: France
Language: Latin
Leaf containing portions of Psalms 101 and 102 - xMMs.Pr2
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Leaf containing portions of Psalms 101 and 102
Call Number: xMMs.Pr2Publication Date: 1180Contents: Psalms: end of 101 (end of verse 25 through verse 29) and beginning of 102 (verse 1 through the beginning of verse 17.)
Place of origin: England [possibly France]
Language: Latin
German prayer book - xMMs.Pr3
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[German prayer book] by
Call Number: xMMs.Pr3Publication Date: 1480Contents: Prayer book, perhaps for a tertiary or beguine or Perhaps a type of Book of Hours. "Several of the saints are specifically German: Lienhard, Otilia. Katarina is from Sienna, Pope Pius II's hometown. Joergen is probably Saint George. Some of these prayers, and particularly that to Saint Sebastian, refer to an epidemic of the plague that is currently causing anxiety.... Originally I thought that it was a prayer book for lay use during mass and communion and for at-home spiritual exercises, but a closer look shows that the vernacular prayers are meant to be recited by the priest, in between portions of the Latin mass." From the research materials and Professor Judith Aiken, 2003. The last folio was written in the 19th century and provides a table of contents for the manuscript.
Place of origin: Prague, Czech Republic. Vienna, Austria.
Summa Confessionum, Book of Prayers - xMMs.Pr4
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Summa Confessionum [Book of Prayers] byCall Number: xMMs.Pr4Publication Date: 1389-1459Contents: Summa Confessionum
Place of origin: Florence?, Italy
Language: Latin
Psalter - xMMs.Bo4
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Psalter [leaf]
Call Number: xfMMs.Bo4Publication Date: 1285?Contents: This manuscript contains the text of Psalms 80:13-81:5 (recto) and 81:5-82:8 (verso). This is a Psalter, not a Book of Hours, as it had formerly been identified.
Place of origin: England
Language: Latin
Psalter - xMMs.Ps1
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Psalter [leaf]
Call Number: xMMs.Ps1Publication Date: 1350-1450Contents: Psalms 98, 99, 100
Place of origin: England
Language: Latin
Portion of Psalm 76 - xMMs.Ps2
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Portion of Psalm 76 [leaf]
Call Number: xMMs.Ps2Publication Date: 1450-1550Contents: Psalm 76, Verses 3 - 15
Place of origin: Italy
Language: Latin
Psalterium cum antiphonis - xMMs.Ps3
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Psalterium cum antiphonis
Call Number: xMMs.Ps3Publication Date: late 15th centuryContents: Calendar, Psalter, Breviary
Place of origin: Italy
Language: Latin
Psalter with commentary - xMMs.Ps5
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Psalter with commentary [leaf]Call Number: xMMs.Ps5Publication Date: ca.1175Place of origin: Northern France
Language: Latin
Leaf from Bonaventure's Sermones de diversis - xMMs.De1
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Sermones de diversis [leaf] by
Call Number: xMMs.De1Publication Date: ca.1300Contents: This leaf contains four different sermons. The recto starts with the end of Bonaventure's sermon for Saint Antonio (June 13th). The following sermon beginning with the "E" is Sermon 2 for Saint Maria Magdalena (July 22nd.) The following sermon beginning with a "G" is Sermon IV for the third Sunday after Pentacost. The last sermon, beginning with a "X" is Sermon II for the second Sunday after Easter.
Place of origin: Italy
Language: Latin
Leaf from Bonaventure's Breviloquium - xMMs.De2
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Breviloquium [leaf] by
Call Number: xfMMs.De2Publication Date: ca.1300Contents: Theological treatise. The folio contains chapters from Pars VI entitled "De Medicina Sacramentali/On the Sacramental Remedy." The recto contains the end of Pars VI, Chapter 5 (De Sacramentorum dispensatione/The Administration of the Sacraments) and the beginning of Chapter 6 (De Sacramentorum iteratione/The Repetition of the Sacraments). The verso contains the end of Chapter 6 and the beginning of Chapter 7 (De constitutione et integritate baptismi/The Nature and Integrity of Baptism).
Place of Origin: Italy
Language: Latin
Sermons by Albertus de Padua - xMMs.Se1
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Sermons by Albertus de Padua by
Call Number: xMMs.Se1Publication Date: [1385-1400]Contents: Pustille epistolarum et ewangeliorum per ciruculum anni et passio christi reverendi magistri Alberti de Padua in hac libri .... The Sermons on the letters and gospels and the passion of Christ throughout the liturgical year.
Substrate: half paper, half parchment
Place of Origin: Germany
Language: Latin
Leaf of sermons for Lent by Archbishop Jacobus de Voragine - xfMMs.Se2
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Leaf of sermons for Lent by Archbishop Jacobus de Voragine by
Call Number: xfMMs.Se2Publication Date: 13th Century?Contents: Sermons for Lent (Quadragesimale): The end of the sermon for the second day of the sixth week of Lent and the beginning of the sermon for the third day of the sixth week of Lent.
Place of origin: England?
Language: Latin
Sermones de Tempore. Postillae, or commentaries on the Gospels of the Church year - xMMs.Se4
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Sermones de Tempore by
Call Number: xMMs.Se4Publication Date: 1200-1225Contents: Postillae, or commentaries on the Gospels of the Church year.
Place of origin: unknown
Language: Latin
Leaf from a commentary on Isaiah by Thomas Aquinas - xMMs.Se5
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Leaf from a commentary on Isaiah by Thomas Aquinas by
Call Number: xMMs.Se5Publication Date: 15th CenturyContents: Commentary on Isaiah. Begins in the middle of Chapter 61: “…maris fortitudo gentium venerit tibi. Mystice Apostoli…”, all of 62, beginning of 63 until “…quod omnis sancti communiter exponunt de Christo. Et quaestio ista…”
Place of origin: Northern Italy
Language: Latin
Sermo de Passione Christi. Sermon with Gregorian chant cover (manuscript fragment in a book) - xBT430.T4
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Sermo de Passione ChristiCall Number: xBT430.T4Publication Date: 1486?Contents: Sermon with Gregorian chant cover (manuscript fragment in a book)
Place of origin: Unknown
Language: Latin
Theological treatise - xMMs.Se3
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[Theological treatise]
Call Number: xMMs.Se3Publication Date: 12th Century [single leaf] / 14th Century codexContents of codex: Theological treatise, in Latin, touching on “gula” (f. 17 r.) and other vices (ff. 2 r.-69 r.); S. Augustinus, Oratio (ff. 69 v.-72 r.: Domine Deus omnipotens, qui es trinus et unus…); similar prayers and treatises (ff. 72 r.-100 r.); Orationes seu contemplativae meditations XV gaudiorum gloriosae Virginis Mariae (ff. 100 r.-124 v., incom-plete at end); S. Augustinus (?), Meditationes X (ff. 125 r.-178 v., imperfect at beginning and end).
Contents of single leaf at front: front fly leaf page (fol. 1) verso main text identified as Psalm 30. Marginal text appears to be psalter commentary. Phrase identified as Augustine of Hippo, commentary on the Psalms (PL electronic search on "iam non secundum adam").
Place of Origin: Italy
Language: Latin
Annals recording notable occurances in the locality of Shrewsbury and nationally, between 1638 and 1750 - xMs C5815an
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[Annals recording notable occurances in the locality of Shrewsbury and nationally, between 1638 and 1750] byCall Number: xMs C5815anPublication Date: 1710-1750?Contents: Idiosyncratic manuscript chronology compiled by Rev. John Cotton (1686-1757), vicar of Meole Brace and St. Alkmund’s, Shrewsbury. Beginning in 1638 and running to 1750, the broad variety of events recorded by Cotton range from historic happenings of national importance to the births and deaths of family members, however his primary interest seems to have been in recording local events occurring in and around the locality of Shrewsbury and the births and deaths of those associated with the town.
Form: scroll
Place of origin: Shrewsbury, England
Language: English
Anonymous account of Islamic battles - xMs A56ac
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Anonymous account of Islamic battlesCall Number: xMs A56acPublication Date: [16th or 17th C]Contents: Persian manuscript, probably from the 16th or 17th century, written in Nastaliq style, with later marginalia. Paper contains silver sprinkles in text area, gold sprinkles in the margins. Decorated frontispiece, end pages stenciled in gold. Text includes some words in Ottoman. Islamic binding with flap.
Place of origin: Unknown
Language: Persian