A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge (Volume 4) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1861. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 2. ff. 25--28. 'The Lyff Off The Holy Vibgine Seynte Dorothea: ' in prose. Begins: The glorious vergyne seynt Dorothea came downe... Ends: ...at hys endyng. On fol. 29 a there is a short extract from 'seynt Austyne' translated. ff. 29 b--f. 41. 'the Lyfp Off The Holy Virgine And Martyr Seynt Margarets;' by John Lydgate, monk of Bury, is added in Tanner's hand, who has mentioned this MS. Biblioth. p. 492. Begins: At the reuerence of seint Margarete My purpos ys hyre lyfe to compyle... Ends: ...for cristes sake she shedde here chast blode. j zzn LI. v. 19. A quarto, on paper, containing ff. 127, with about 40 lines in a page. Date, 1638. 'The first centurie of Divine Naturall and Morall Exercises In Genesis, containing a 100 choise questions with their solutions upon the first 14 chapters of the sayd booke, by Alexander Ross, his Majesties Chaplain in Ordinarie.1 Begins (f. 14): Q. 1. Was the worlde created? Ends: ...shee cannot escape drowning. A portion of a dedication to the author's diocesan is pasted on to f. 2, as is also an address 'To the Reader' on f. 10, and several notes in other portions of the book. Prefixed (ff. 1--10) are two tables of contents, and an alphabetical index; ff. 11--13 are blank. At the end is 'Imprimatur, Guil. Bray, Octob. 25, 1638.' The notes on the first 6 chapters were printed, London, 1620. This is probably the author's autograph, written out for the press. 2218 LI. V. 20. A small quarto, on paper, containing ff. 79, with about 26 lines in a page. Date, 1444. Written in various hands. 1. ff. 1--33. 'tractatus compendiose Extbactus De DiVersorum Historiagraphorum Libris anno domini millesimo quadringentesimo quadragesimo quarto.' Begins: Tractatus &c... (as above) describit Angliam... Ends: ...capitulis in principio tractatus posi...