A Guide to the Manuscripts, Autographs, Charters, Seals, Illuminations and Bindings Exhibited in the Department of Manuscripts and in the Grenville Library (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895. Excerpt: ... III.-ENGLISH MSS. Case D. 102. Beowulf: Epic poem in Anglo-Saxon. The unique manuscript. Written in England, about A.d. 1000. Vellum. Cotton MS. Vitellius A. xv. 103. The Anglo-saxon Chronicle, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to A.d. 1066. Written in the same hand to A.d. 1046, and afterwards in various hands. Vellum. Cotton MS. Tiberius B. i. 104. The Creed, Lord's Prayer, etc., followed by a Bestiary, in English verse; with other pieces, in Latin, English, and French. Written in England, in the 13th century. Vellum. Arundel MS. 292. 105. Lives of St. Katharine, St. Margaret, and St. Julian, with verses on the Passion of Christ, etc.; in English. Written in the first half of the 13th century. Vellum. Royal MS. 17 A. xxvii. 106. Th "Ancren Eewle," Homilies, Lives of Saints, etc.; in English. Written in the first half of the 13th century. Vellum. Cotton MS. Titus D. xviii. 107. The "Aenbyte of Inwyt" (i.e. Eemorse of Conscience), by Dan Michel of Northgate, in Kent, a monk of St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. The author's autograph manuscript, written A.d. 1340. Vellum. Arundel MS. 57. 108. Psalter, with Canticles, etc., in Latin and English, verse by verse; the English version attributed to William de Schorham Shoreham, who was admitted vicar of Chart Sutton, near Leeds, co. Kent, A.d. 1320. Written in the middle of the 14th century. Vellum. Add. MS. 17,376. 109. "piers Plowman" a poem by William Langland, in English alliterative verse. Written before a.D. 1400. Vellum. Cotton MS. Vespasian B. xvi. u 110. The Lay Folks' Mass-book, or manner of hearing Mass: in verse. A translation, made at the end of tho 13th century, probably from the French, the original 1 author being one "Dan Jeremy" Jeremiah, canon of Eouen and archdeacon of Cleveland, dioc. Yor...