[Piers Plowman; Mandeville; Troilus; etc., middle of the 15th century]

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  Piers Plowman : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-106v; ff. 107-108v blank. [William Langland] Piers Plowman. Incipit: In a somer sesoun whan softe was þe sonne/ y shope me into shroudes as y a shep were. Explicit: And seende me hap and hele til y haue Peres plouhman/ And sethe he gradde aftur grace tyl y gan awake. English. IMEV 1459; C text, i group; ff. 60 and 61 reversed in binding. R. W. Chambers, "The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman in the Huntington Library and their Value for Fixing the Text of the Poem," HLB 8 (1935) 1-25; Piers Plowman: The Huntington Library MX (HM 143) reproduced in Photostat with Introduction by R. W. Chambers and Technical Examination by R. B. Haselden and H. C. Schulz (Huntington Library 1936); D. Pearsall, ed., Piers Plowman by William Langland: An Edition of the C-text (London 1978) from this manuscript with variant readings from others. ff. ii-iii verso. [Geoffrey Chaucer] Troilus and Criseyde. Incipit: //So whan thys Calkas knewe by kalkulynge/ And eke by onswere of this Appollo. Explicit: Of other sekenesse lest men of hym wende/ That the hoote fir of loue hym brende//. English. Two non-continuous leaves representing leaves 2 and 7 of a gathering of 8 leaves of a lost manuscript, and containing 20 stanzas: f. ii recto-verso: //So whan thys Calkas knewe by kalkulynge/ And eke by onswere of this Appollo . . . And under efte gan hem whielen bothe/ After hire cours ay whil that they were wrothe//; f. iii recto-verso: // And to the god of loue thus sayde he/ With pitous vois o lord now youres is . . . Of other sekenesse lest men of hym wende/ That the hoote fir of loue hym brende//. IMEV 3327; R. K. Root, ed., The Book of Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer (Princeton 1926) 1:71-140 and 1:421-490; M. B. Parkes and R. Beadle, Geoffrey Chaucer, Poetical Works: a facsimile of Cambridge University Library MS Gg.4.27 (Cambridge 1980-81) 3:65 note 94 referring to this manuscript. Assigned Date: s. XVin.

  mssHM 143

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  Piers Plowman : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-89v. [William Langland] Piers Plowman. Incipit: In a somere seyson whan softe was þe sonne/ y shop into shrobbis as y shepherde were. Explicit: And sende me hap and hele til ich haue peers ploughman/ And suthe he gradde after grace til ich gan awake. Hic explicit passus secundus de dobest. Explicit peeres plouheman scriptum per Thomam Dankastre. Rubric: Hic incipit Visio Willelmi de petro ploughman. English. IMEV 1459; C text, p group; see R. W. Chambers, "The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman in the Huntington Library and their Value for Fixing the Text of the Poem," HLB 8 (1935) 1-25; J. A. W. Bennett, "A New Collation of a Piers Plowman Manuscript (HM 137)," Medium Aevum 17 (1948) 21-31; T. D. Whitaker, ed., Visio Willi de Petro Plouhman (London 1813) from this manuscript; W. W. Skeat, ed., The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman by William Langland. EETS os 54 (London 1873) with this manuscript as the base text, described on pp. xix-xxiv; D. Pearsall, ed., Piers Plowman by William Langland: An Edition of the C-Text (London 1978) using HM 143 as the base manuscript.

  mssHM 137

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  [Brut chronicle, middle of the 15th century]

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  A legendary and historical chronicle of England named after its first hero, Brutus, a descendent of Aeneas and the epic founder of Britain. It begins with Brutus' conquest of Albion and continues through the death of Henry V and the assumption of the crown by Henry VI. Also includes an epitome of English history, a prophecy and medical recipes.

  mssHM 136

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  [Historia trium regum

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  The Historia trium regum (The History of the Three Kings) is the best-known and most detailed medieval account of the legendary travels of the three Magi. It was written around 1370 by the Carmelite scholar John of Hildesheim. It is based on the Gospel account of the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem, but adds a large amount of material from apocryphal and legendary sources tracing the return of the three kings to the East.

  mssHM 81172

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  The North Americans in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century: Original Binding

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  This collection consists of roughly 252 unbound illustrations of Indians in both North and South America, by George Catlin, and other items all related to Catlin's unpublished manuscript The North Americans in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century.

  mssHM 35183

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  Book of Hours, use of Paris: [manuscript], middle of the 15th century

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  ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; major feasts in red. ff. 13-27v: Pericopes of the Gospels, that of John followed by the prayer, Protector in te sperantium &; Oratio beate marie virginis, Obsecro te & et michi famulo tuo &; Alia oratio beate marie virginis, O Intemerata & orbis terrarum. De te enim ... ff. 28-29: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; the prayer, Ecclesiam tuam quesumus domine&, concludes the hours from lauds through compline; f. 89v, ruled, but blank.ff. 90-108v: Penitential psalms and litany. ff. 109-112v: Short hours of the Cross. ff. 113-116v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit. ff. 117-170v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris. ff. 170v-188: Prayers as follow: Les quinze ioyes nostre dame, Doulce dame de misericorde &; les cincq plaies nostre seigneur, Doulx dieu doulx pere sainte trinite &; Sainte vray croys aouree &; Illumina oculos meos & Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui ezechie regi &; Ave domine ihesu christe verbum patris &; Ave verum corpus natum &; Anima christi sanctifica me &; Domine ihesu christe qui hanc sacratissimam carnem &; Gaude virgo mater christi que per aurem concepisti & Deus qui beatissimam et gloriosam virginem mariam in conceptu et partu &; Stabat mater dolorosa &; Pietatem tuam clementissime ihesu qui mortem subiciens&; ff. 188v-189v, ruled, but blank.

  mssHM 1130