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Details for manuscript 501

Manuscript №
501
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Harley 978
Headnote
Collection of poems etc
Estimated date of production
s.xiii (med)
Folia
163
Place of production
Berkshire
Produced for
William of Winchester
Notes
"William of Winchester, Benedictine monk of the Reading abbey: probably assembled by him in c. 1265 (see Taylor 2002).The Benedictine abbey, Reading, co. Berkshire, in the diocese of Salisbury: references to the death of some of its abbots, in particular Abbot Simon (d. 1226) on 13 Feb., and Abbot John de Fornsett (d. 1261) on 19 Jan. (ff. 15v-16r): the death of the latter probably sets a 'terminus post quem' for the manuscript, while the 'terminus ante quem' is the death of Simon de Montfort, eighth earl of Leicester (c. 1208-1265), magnate and political reformer, at Evesham on 4 Aug. 1265 (see Taylor and Coates 1998)."
Sources for this record
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002046807
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200397/BibliographicResource_3000126280892.html

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Musical miscellany Latin 2r (3) 10r (19) 16.0
2 Ave Gloriosa Mater Salvatoris (Dean no. 810) French 9v (18) 10r (19) 1.0
3 Musical miscellany Latin 10v (20) 15r (29) 9.5
4 Summer is I-cumen in (DIMEV 5053-1) English 11v (22) 11v (22) 0.5
5 Calendar with prognostication; proverbs Latin 15v (30) 21v (42) 13.0
6 Medical miscellany Latin 22r (43) 25r (49) 7.0
7 The signs of death (Dean no. 435) French 25v (50) 25v (50) 1.0
8 Botanical vocabulary (Dean no. 312) English 26r (51) 27v (54) 1.25
9 Botanical vocabulary (Dean no. 312) French 26r (51) 27v (54) 1.25
10 Botanical vocabulary (Dean no. 312) Latin 26r (51) 27v (54) 1.25
11 "Pur fere syrup" etc French 27v (54) 30r (59) 4.75
12 Collirium etc. Latin 30r (59) 30v (60) 1.0
13 de ore etc. French 30v (60) 34v (68) 8.5
14 "Si pulius" etc. Latin 35r (69) 37r (73) 5.0
15 Two letters Latin 38r (75) 38r (75) 0.5
16 Short texts in prose and verse by various hands Latin 38r (75) 39v (78) 3.5
17 Marie de France, Fables (Dean no. 179) French 40r (79) 67v (134) 56.0
18 Walter Map, Poems Latin 68v (136) 74v (148) 13.0
19 Literary miscellany in verse and prose Latin 75r (149) 78r (155) 7.0
20 Satire of the clergy (Dean no. 97) French 78v (156) 79v (158) 3.0
21 Literary Miscellany Latin 80r (159) 103v (206) 47.5
22 Doctrinal Sauvage (Dean no. 244) French 103v (206) 104v (208) 2.0
23 "Sit deo gloria" etc. Latin 104v (208) 106r (211) 3.0
24 La besturnee, by Richard (Dean no. 209) French 106r (211) 107r (213) 2.0
25 Song of Lewes Latin 107r (213) 114r (227) 14.5
26 A legend of Becket's parents (Dean no. 511) Latin 114v (228) 116r (231) 4.0
27 A legend of Becket's parents (Dean no. 511) French 116v (232) 116v (232) 0.5
28 Dialogue on falconry in verse (Dean no. 402) French 116v (232) 117r (233) 1.5
29 Marie de France's Lais (Dean no. 176) French 118r (235) 160r (319) 85.0
30 Contents and notes Latin 160v (320) 162r (323) 4.0

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 William of Winchester s.xiii (med) man clerical http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002046807