Early Manuscripts at Iowa: England
Pre-1600 (and a few post-1600) manuscripts located in Special Collections at the University of Iowa
Manuscripts from England
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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
Call Number: xMMs.Bi2Publication Date: [1230]Contents: Ecclesiasticus 17-22
Place of origin: England or France
Language: Latin -
Bible leaf
Call Number: xMMs.Bi3Publication Date: [1240]Contents: II Maccabees 2-4
Place of origin: Oxford, England
Language: Latin -
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 -
[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 -
[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
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 -
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