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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 197A
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1599
    Language
    lat, eng, frm, enm
    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Alfred's letter to bishop Werfrithus (d. 915), the trial of Joan of Arc (Robert Ciboule's Tractatus and
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 16I
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1299
    Language
    lat, frm
    • of St Albans Abbey, was their official chronicler who wrote chronicles covering both world history and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 264
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, beginning
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Initials ‘NN’ and ‘NE’ in flower borders throughout, also ‘N’ and ‘NE’ in decorative backgrounds interspersed
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 18
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Latin
    • The Holy Spirit descends as a dove and sends tongues of fire upon the apostles and the Virgin Mary.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 91
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1540
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Written before the winter of 1541 by Marguerite, Queen of Navarre and sister to Francis 1st of France
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. f. 2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1390–1410
    Language
    Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
    • Decoration: Miniatures (partly defaced), borders (some unfinished) and initials.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. D. 913
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), English, Middle (1100-1500), Dutch
    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
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    Cambridge. St Catharine's College Library, MS 17
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. St Catharine's College Library
    Date
    s. xvii ex. Final quarter of the seventeenth century
    Language
    Late Renaissance French
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The Mémoires describe the oscillations of war, and the political intrigues, during La Fronde
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, EL 26 A 13
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    approximately 1450
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500) [enm], French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) [frm]
    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • Notes: Prose and poetry by Thomas Hoccleve, John Lydgate, Geoffrey Chaucer
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 111
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    between 1400-1425
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500) [enm], French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) [frm]
    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • XVIII, on rectos only through p. 31 (fol. 16) with fol. 1 and 2 in their present position) + i (lacks
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 213
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1428-1436
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Italian, Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • 15th-century polyphonic music: 325 secular and religious pieces.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 202
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    after 1401
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
    • Simon d'Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 203
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    after 1401
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
    • Simon d'Hesdin and Nicolas de Gonesse
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 10
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, frm
    • Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of Britain') by Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154/55), bishop of St Asaph and
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 16II
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1299
    Language
    lat, frm
    • Matthew was also a talented artist who was both scribe and illustrator of his own chronicles.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius A VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, frm
    • This composite manuscript contains two parts that were separately produced at different locations and
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 100
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1450–1499
    Language
    Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Gospel pericopes and the popular Prayer to the Virgin (ff. 13r-20r).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 271
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), English, Middle (1100-1500)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Treatises on heraldry and the Order of the Garter.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 213
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1425
    Language
    frm, eng
    • The dating of the book is after 1419 when Rouen surrendered to the English and Normandy came under the
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 59
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1325
    Language
    lat, frm, eng
    • Edward I, 1239-1307, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
    • Among the manuscript's profusion of texts and documents are the spurious Letters of Prester John and