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Details for manuscript 80

Manuscript №
80
Location
Cambridge
Collection
Fitzwilliam Museum
Reference
McClean 123
Headnote
The Nuneaton Book
Estimated date of production
s.xiii (ex)
Folia
122
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
end points for Latin tracts are based on James' entries and therefore approximate; "Gift of Mrs Lucy to John Gibson 8 Oct. 1853"; "On f.1 in red: Iste liber constat Alicia sscheynton et post ea(m) conventu; see also f.9 where the convent of Nuneaton is mentioned."; "John Eyton (xvi)" on f.113v
Sources for this record
James, M.R. "A Descriptive Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum." Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1912.

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Le chasteau d'amour, by Robert Grosseteste (Dean no. 622) French 1r (1) 7v (14) 13.5
2 Mirour de seinte eglise, by St. Edmund Rich (Dean no. 629) French 7v (14) 9v (18) 4.5
3 Verse Gospel of Nicodemus, by Chrestien (Dean no. 500) French 10r (19) 27v (54) 36.0
4 Le Bestiare Divin, by Guillaume le clerc de normandie (Dean no. 702) French 30r (59) 65v (130) 72.0
5 Verse Apocalypse (Dean no. 478) French 66r (131) 105r (209) 77.0
6 The apocalypse in Latin and French Latin 78r (155) 78r (155) 0.5
7 The apocalypse in Latin and French Latin 97r (193) 97r (193) 0.5
8 The apocalypse in Latin and French Latin 103r (205) 103r (205) 0.5
9 The apocalypse in Latin and French Latin 104v (208) 104v (208) 0.5
10 "O beate uirgo maria" etc. Latin 106r (211) 106v (212) 2.0
11 "Alma redemptoris" Latin 107r (213) 107r (213) 1.0
12 "Seint austin escrist cest oreisun" etc. French 109r (217) 109r (217) 1.0
13 "Apres ceo deuez sauer" etc. French 110v (220) 113r (225) 5.5
14 Prayers Latin 112r (223) 112r (223) 0.5
15 "an explanation of the old English letters" English 114v (228) 114v (228) 1.0
16 "The Poema Morale" English 115r (229) 119v (238) 10.0

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 "Iste liber constat Alicia sscheynton. et post ea conventu [sic]" (f. 1r) s.xiii (ex) Woman Clerical http://mlgb3.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/mlgb/book/4178/
2 "Iste liber constat domine margarete sylemon. et discipulas suas. Et post mortem suam. Coventu [sic] de Nuneton." s.xiv / xv Woman Clerical http://mlgb3.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/mlgb/book/4178/