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CONTENTS cd introduction xi list of abbreviations xxi

The Ro­bert Garrett Collection g25: slavonic Missal leaf, Roman Rite, s. XV2 (1462?), Dalmatia 3 g26: hebrew Miscellany, s. XV�, (?) 4 g27: sweetheart Bible, s. XIII¾ (ca. or 1270s), northern ? 8 g28: Bible, s. XIII¾ (ca. 1270s), 12 g29: Bible, s. XIII�, southern France? 17 g30: o.T. Joshua, Judges, and Ruth with Glossa ordinaria, s. XIII¼, France 22 g31: Flosculus Proverbiorum Solomonis, s. XV2 (before 1494), France (Bourges) 25 g32: n.T. Apocalypse with Glossa ordinaria, s. XIImed, northeastern France or Rhineland? 28 g33: Gospel Lectionary, s. XVI¼, France 30 g34: tewkesbury Psalter, s. XIII¾ (ca. 1260s?), England (Oxford?) 32 g35: Psalter, s. XIII/XIV, England 35 g36: Psalter, Use of Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, s. XIII¾ (ca. ), France 39 g37: notated Missal, s. XI and XII, southwestern Germany or Rhineland 41 g38: antiphonary leaf, s. XIV�, southern Netherlands (Tournai?) 43 g39: Missal, Franciscan Use, s. XIV¾ (1370s?), Italy, Veneto 44 g40: Missal, Carmelite Use, 1440s or ca. 1455–1476, France 53 g41: Missal, Dominican Use, s. XIII/XIV and XIV2, France (Paris) 60 g42: Dominican Breviary, s. XIV¼ and XIV2, Italy (Bologna) 64 g43: Benedictional, s. XI�, Germany (Lorsch or Mainz?) 66 g44: Gradual leaf, s. XV� (ca. 1434?), Spain (Seville) 69 g45: Gradual for second half of Lent, s. XV/XVI, France 70 g46: sermon Collection, s. XII², Germany (Rebdorf) 71 g47: book of Hours, Use of Rome, s. XV�, southwestern France 77 g48: book of Hours, Use of Paris, ca. 1420–1430, France (Paris) 79 g49: book of Hours, Use of Rome, s. XV¾, southern Netherlands 82 g50: book of Hours, Use of Rome, s. XV¾, Flanders ( or Bruges) 83 g51: book of Hours, Use of Paris, s. XV�, France 86

{ v } © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. vi Contents g52: book of Hours, Use of Troyes, s. XV� (ca. 1485 or later), France (Troyes?) 88 g53: book of Hours, Compilation of Geert Grote, s. XV� (ca. 1490s), northern Netherlands (Utrecht?) 90 g54: book of Hours, Use of Rome, s. XV²(ca. 1460–1465?), Duchy of Savoy 93 g55: book of Hours, Use of Paris, s. XV�, France (Tours?) 96 g56: book of Hours, Use of Rouen, s. XV� (1490s), France (Rouen) 99 g57: book of Hours, Use of Rome, s. XV/XVI, northern Netherlands? 102 g58: book of Hours, Use of Rome, s. XV/XVI, southern Netherlands (Ghent?) 106 g59: book of Hours, Use of Antwerp, s. XV/XVI, southern Netherlands 109 g60: book of Hours, Compilation and translation of Geert Grote, s. XVmed, northern Netherlands (Delft) 113 g61: book of Hours, Use of Rome, s. XV², after 1462, Italy (Ferrara?) 115 g62: book of Hours, Use of Rome, s. XV�, Italy (Florence?) 117 g63: Prayer Book, s. XVI¼, southern Netherlands (Bruges?) 119 g64: st. Augustine, In Iohannis epistulam ad Parthos tractatus, s. XII1, France, Alsace (Metz?) 122 g65: Monastic Miscellany, s. XV¾, northern Germany (Huysburg) 124 g66: Pseudo-John Chrysostom, Opus imperfectum in Mattheum, s. XIV, England (Oxford?) 128 g67: eusebius of , De preparatione evangelica, s. XV¾, Italy (Padua) 131 g68: Miscellany, 1451, northern Italy (Sacchetta) 133 g69: Sedulius, Carmen paschale, 1455, Italy (Verona?) 135 g70: Gregory I, Dialogues, 1081–1082, Germany (Regensburg) 137 g71: bede the Venerable, St. Augustine, and St. Bernard of Clairvaux, s. XII� – XIII¼, England (Waverley) 139 g72: rabanus Maurus, Expositio in evangelium S. Matthaei, 840–850 and s. XV, Germany (Fulda and Xanten) 143 g73: haimo of Auxerre, Commentary on Isaiah, s. XIImed, England (St. Albans) 147 g74: st. , Quaestiones disputatae, 1447, Germany (Ebern) 149 g75: hugo Ripelinus, Compendium theologiae, s. XIV, England (Oxford?) 152 g76: Franciscan and Dominican Miscellany, s. XIII/xiv, France 153 g77: conrad of Saxony, Speculum Beatae Virginis Mariae, s. XIV, Germany (Erfurt) 155 g78: hugh of St. Victor, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, s. XII² or XIII¼, Spain (Poblet, Catalonia?) 157 g79: Peter Lombard, Sententiarum libri IV, s. XIII¾, France 161 g80: Medical Miscellany, s. XIII/XIV, southern France 163 g81: nicholas of Lyra, Postilla super libro Apocalipsis, 1471, northern Germany? 165 © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher.

Contents vii g82: John of Freiburg, Summa confessorum, s. XIV�, France (Paris) 167 g83: Durandus of Saint-Pourçain, Commentaria in Sententias Petri Lombardi, 1336, France (Paris) 169 g84: Guillelmus Peraldus, De eruditione religiosorum, s. XIVmed, southern France 172 g85: Guillelmus Peraldus, Sermones de dominicis et festis, s. XIV, England (Oxford?) 173 g86: Jacobus de Voragine, Sermones quadragesimales, Sermones, s. XIV, England (Oxford?) 175 g87: richard Rolle of Hampole, Expositio super novem lectiones mortuorum, s. XIV, England (Oxford?) 176 g88: Jan van Ruusbroec, De ornatu spiritualis desponsationis, s. XV¼, 1481, northern Netherlands 178 g89: thomas à Kempis, De imitatione Christi, 1474, Italy (Ferrara?) 180 g90: Johannes Sintram de Herbipoli, Theologica varia, 1415–1420, Germany (Reutlingen and Colmar) 182 g91: Johannes de Turrecremata, Expositio regulae Sancti Benedicti, 1485, France (Clairvaux) 192 g92: Jacobus de Voragine, Sermones quadragesimales, s. XIvmed, Germany (Trier) 195 g93: Francesco Petrarca, De vita solitaria; Pseudo-Augustine, Speculum peccatoris, s. XVmed, France 197 g94: Miscellany, s. XIII, England and France? 198 g95: Miscellany, s. XVmed, England (Oxford?) 203 g96: rule of the Poor Clares, s. XV2, Italy (Arezzo?) 212 g97: Decretum Gratiani, s. XIII², Italy (Bologna) 213 g98: Decretum Gratiani (fragment), s. XIII2, France (Paris?) 217 g99: astronomical Miscellany, s. XIII�–XIV¼, France (Paris?) 218 g100: Nicola Bertruccio, Collectorium artis medicinae, s. XV², Germany 223 g101: Aesop, Vita, Fabulae, s. XV², Italy (Rome?) 226 g102: , Ethica, Politica, s. XIV¼, Italy 227 g103: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, s. XV¾, Italy 229 g104: Euclid, Elementorum libri XV, s. XV¾, Italy, Veneto 231 g105: Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, ca. 1450, Italy (Rome) 233 g106: Plutarch, Vitae, s. XV¾, Italy (Florence?) 235 g107: Ovid, Heroides, s. XV¾, Italy (Rome?) 237 g108: Virgil, Aeneid (fragment), s. X, Germany 239 g109: Virgil, Aeneid, s. XIII1, Italy 241 g110: Virgil, Opera, s. XV¾ (1460s?), Italy (Ferrara) 243 g111: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium, s. XV1, Italy () 246 g112: Sallust, Catilina and Jugurtha, s. XVmed, Italy (Florence) 249 © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. viii Contents g113: Livy, Ab urbe condita, s. XVmed, Italy (Florence) 250 g114: cassiodorus, Seneca, Solinus, s. XII², XIII¼, England 252 g115: boethius, Works on Logic, s. Xeˣ/XIiⁿ, ca. 1023–1033, France, Aquitaine? 258 g116: boethius, De consolatione philosophiae, s. XII, France 261 g117: isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, s. XIV¹, northern Italy (Bologna?) 263 g118: Walter of Châtillon, Alexandreis, s. XIII1, England (St. Albans?) 265 g119: Walter of Châtillon, Alexandreis, s. XIv2, England (Lincolnshire) 268 g120: Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria nova, s. XIV2, Italy (Ravenna?) 272 g121: Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria nova, s. XIV2, Italy 274 g122: alessandro de’ Pazzi, Sylva, 1517, Italy (Florence) 275 g123: Libro di Sidrach, 1374, Italy (Milan or Lodi?) 277 g124: Jacopone da Todi, Laude, s. XV, Italy 279 g125: Gautier de Belleperche, Chrétien de Troyes, and Garin de Monglane, s. XIII� (?), France, Picardy (Amiens?) 281 g126: Guillaume de Lorris and , Le roman de la rose; Jean de Meun, Le testament and Le codicille, s. XIVmed, France (Paris) 286 g127: Jean de Meun, Le testament, s. XVmed, France, Picardy? 290 g128: L’histoire ancienne jusqu’à Cesar; Faits des romains, s. XIV�, France (Paris?) 291 g129: Faits des romains, s. XV¾, France, Burgundy? 295 g130: Pseudo-Aristotle, Le secret des secrets; Jacques Legrand, Livre des bonnes meurs, s. XV�, France, Brittany? 297 g131: Medical Miscellany, s. XIII², France 300 g132: Devotional Miscellany, s. XVImed, southern Netherlands 303 g133: ebernand von Erfurt, Heinrich und Kunigunde, s. XV� (ca. 1440s?), Germany, Thuringia (Mülhausen) 306 g134: otto von Passau, Die vierundzwanzig Alten, 1468, Germany (Lauingen) 309 g135: Devotional Meditations on the Passion, s. XVI¼, southern Netherlands 311 g136: John Gower, Confessio amantis, s. XV¼, England 313 g137: thomas Hoccleve, The Regiment of Princes, s. XV�, England 315 g138: The Prick of Conscience, Southern Recension, s. XV¼, England (Herefordshire) 317 g139: John Lydgate, Fall of Princes, s. XV¾, England 320 g140: The Sowdon of Babyloyne, s. XVmed, England 322 g141: John Metham, Middle English Works, s. XV², England, Norfolk 324 g142: John Hardyng, Chronicle of England, s. XV¾, England, Yorkshire? 328 g143: english Devotional Miscellany, s. XV1, England 332 g144: english Devotional Miscellany, s. XV¾, England 334 g145: st. Bridget of , Revelations, s. XV¾, England 336 © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher.

Contents ix g146: Statuta Angliae, s. XIII/XIV, England (Lincoln?) 338 g147: Registrum brevium, s. XV¼, England 345 g148: Statuta Angliae, s. XV�, England (London) 346 g150: Prose Brut, s. XVmed, England 348 g151: ranulf Higden, Polychronicon, translated by John Trevisa, s. XV¼, England (London) 351 g152: ranulf Higden, Polychronicon, s. XV¼, England 354 g153: John of Glastonbury, Chronica de rebus Glastoniensis, 1497, England (Glastonbury) 356 g154: Pierre des Vaux-de-Cernay, Chronicon Simonis de Monteforti, s. XV¼, France 359 g155: Martin of Troppau, Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum, s. XIV1, Italy 361 g156: benintendi Ravignani, Cronica Venetiarum, s. XIV², Italy (Venice) 365 g157: , De consuetudinibus et conditionibus orientalium regionum, s. XVmed, England 366 g158: Giovanni Marcanova, Collectio antiquitatum, s. XV¾ (1471? after 1473?) Italy (Bologna?) 368 g159: Dogale, 1486 or later, Italy (Venice) 375 g160: Dogale, 1531, Italy (Venice) 377 g161: Dogale, 1542, Italy (Venice) 378 g163: saint-Lucien and Grandvilliers, Charter, 1278, France (Beauvais) 380 g164: breteuil, Deed, 1452, France (Breteuil) 380 g166: Legal Proceedings, 1567, Spain (Úbeda) 381 g167: entail of Redgrave Hall Property, 1566, England, Suffolk 382 g168: Testament de Amyra Sultan Nichemedy, ca. 1482, southern Netherlands (Bruges) 383 g169: theological Miscellany, s. XI� and XII, Austria (Admont) 385 g170: Leonardo Bruni, Le vite di Dante e del Petrarca, s. XV� (after 1436), Italy (Florence) 390 g171: King Manuel I of , Carta de foral, 1514, Portugal (Lisbon) 391 g172: Luxeuil Fragment, s. VIII¼, France (Luxeuil or affiliated house) 392 g Hebrew 6: Prayer Book, s. XV¾, ca. 1523, Italy (Florence) 394

THE Ro­bert taylor Collection t1: William de Wadington (?), Le manuel des péchés, s. XIII� (ca. 1280), England 399 t2: John Lydgate, Fall of Princes, s. XVex, England 404 t3: Sidrac and Boccus; Prose Brut, s. XV�, England 407 t4: Queen Elizabeth I, Fees and Income, 1593, England 410 © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. x Contents t5: John Gower, Confessio amantis, s. XV¼, England (London?) 411 t6: ranulf Higden, Polychronicon, translated by John Trevisa, s. XV¾, England (London) 415 t7: book of Hours, Use of Paris, s. XVI¼, France (Paris?) 418 t9: arthurian Metrical Romances; Manor of Hale Records, s. XV2, England (Merseyside?) 420 t10: Mandeville’s Travels, s. XV¼ (1403–1419?), England 424 t11: Speculum vitae, s. XIV/XV, England, Yorkshire 426 t12: anglo-Norman Miscellany, s. XIV�, England 428 t13: The Prick of Conscience, s. XIV2, England, Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire 431 t14: Miscellany, s. XIII/XIV, France or Italy? 433 t15: richard de Bury, Philobiblon, ca. 1480, Germany or Netherlands 435 t16: english Wycliffite Sermons, s. XIV/XV, England 437 t17: Arma Christi and Prayers, s. XV¾, England 440 t18: King Henry VI, Royal Household Bills, 1432–1433, England 443 t19: elizabethan Roundels, s. XVI�, England 444 t20: sir Henry Sidney and Sir Philip Sidney, Indenture, 1580, England 445 t21: sir Thomas Smith, Dialogue on the Queen’s Marriage, 1560s, England 446 t22: Walter Hilton, Middle English and Mystical Writings, s. XV¾, England (London?) 447 RHT 16th–86: Miscellany, s. XV/XVI, southeastern England? 453 general index (vol. i) 457 manuscripts cited (vol. i) 477 dated and datable manuscripts (vols. i and II) 483