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Details for manuscript 525

Manuscript №
525
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Harley 4657
Headnote
Latin and Anglo-Norman devotional miscellany
Estimated date of production
s.xv
Folia
3+104+3
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
composite MS; date reflects date by which it was bound; "Possibly from the Benedictine cathedral priory of Durham (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, 1972, p. 142): a 15th-century inscription on f. 104r refers to donations from 'priore', and various locations in Yorkshire and Durham: 'gisbouru' (Guisborough, North Yorkshire), 'pocklyngton' (Pocklington, East Yorkshire) and 'wessyngton' (Washington, Durham). The scribe who has copied the second supplement to Le Manuel des Pechiez (ff. 86r-86v) has written a key for converting Latin script into runic script and an inscription in runes in the lower margin of f. 86v. Transliterated to Latin the runic inscription reads: 'nicholas . scripsit . haec . literam'. "
Sources for this record
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Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Apocalypsis Goliae, ff.1v-4v Latin 1v (2) 4v (8) 6.33
2 Didactic verses, including verses on table manners (Latin), f. 4v Latin 4v (8) 4v (8) 0.33
3 Poem addressed to the Virgin, alternating French and Latin (Dean no. 808) f. 4v French 4v (8) 4v (8) 0.33
4 Manuel des péchés (Dean no. 635), ff. 5r-85r French 5r (9) 85r (169) 160.5
5 Two omissions to the Manuel French 85r (169) 86v (172) 3.5
6 Distichs of Cato (A-N) (Dean no. 256), ff. 87r-97r French 87r (173) 97r (193) 21.0
7 Prayer for Mercy (A-N) (Dean no. 773), ff. 97v- 98r French 97v (194) 98r (195) 2.0
8 Alexandrine Prayer (A-N) (Dean no. 889), ff. 98v-99r French 98v (196) 99r (197) 1.5
9 Proverbial Follies (A-N) (Dean no. 266), ff. 99r French 99r (197) 99r (197) 0.5

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 unknown religious s.xv Man Clerical http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Harley_MS_4657