Manuscripts
Property and Privilege in Medieval and Early Modern England and Wales
CRL has the following parts:
- Pt. 1: Arundel-Cotton Nero
- Pt. 2: Cotton Otho-Cotton Roll
- Pt. 3: Egerton-Lansdowne
- Pt. 4: Royal-Add. Roll
Lincoln Cathedral Library, the Mediaeval Manuscript Collection
Mediaeval and Renaissance Manuscript Collections at Oxford Colleges
CRL owns sections IV (law) and V (medical & natural sciences). Section IV contains the Decretals of Gregory IX and of Gratian, Justinian's Works, as well as the works of many Popes (Innocent IV, Boniface VIII etc.). Section V includes such works from the Christ Church collection as the Lectio Astronomica (1703) and a 17th-century Euclides Elementum. Those from New College include works by Hippocrates, Pliny, Ptolemy, Aristos, Galen, Averroes, and Roger Bacon.
Husting Rolls of Deeds and Wills, 1252–1485
This set contains transcripts of more than 22,600 deeds and testaments disposing of real property from the Court of Husting, the principal court of medieval London. The deeds specify details of the property, names of owners and tenants, and other information about individual properties, streets, markets, and other features of London.
Chronicles and Documents of Medieval England, c. 1150–1500, from Cambridge University Library
Manuscripts, including chronicles, geneologies, letters, and various documents chiefly related to land, law, politics, and religion in England. CRL owns part 1 (manuscripts Dd–Gg) and 2 (manuscripts Hh–Oo and additional works).
Medieval Literary and Historical Manuscripts in the Cotton Collection, British Library, London
This set has seven parts:
- Pt. 1: Cotton Julius-Cotton Tiberius
- Pt. 2: Cotton Caligula-Cotton Claudius
- Pt. 3: Cotton Nero-Cotton Otho
- Pt. 4: Cotton Vitellius
- Pt. 5: Cotton Vespasian
- Pt. 6: Cotton Titus
- Pt. 7: Cotton Domitian, Cotton Cleopatra, Cotton Faustina, and Appendix
British Literary Manuscripts from the British Library, London. Series 3, the Medieval Manuscripts to c. 1500
GUIDE: British literary manuscripts from the British Library: an inventory to parts one and two of the Harvester microform collection, based on the Sloane and additional manuscripts series. This set includes material from the Sloane collection. Entries from the British Library’s catalogs of manuscripts precede each reel. Prominent works include four texts of The Canterbury Tales (Sloane 1685, 1686; Add. MSS. 5140, 35286), The Legende of Good Women (Add. MS. 12044), and Troilus and Cresseide (Add. MS.
Books printed in the low countries before 1601.
GUIDE: Short-title catalogue of books printed in the Netherlands and Belgium and of Dutch and Flemish books printed in other countries from 1470 to 1600, now in the British Museum. Z2402.B7 Cockx-Indestage, Elly, and Genevieve Glorieux. Belgica typographica 1541-1600. Z2402.C6 This set includes microfilm copies of books printed in Belgium and the Netherlands and books printed in Flemish or Dutch in other countries before 1601. The initial selection is based on the works cited above. This set has been expanded to include the 17th century.
Archivio del Catasto
This microfilm set of the 1427 survey of Florence is complete, except for areas of Pistoia, Pisa, and Arezzo. The census includes volumes on the technical regulations and laws concerning the Catasto. Title on container labels: “Florence census 1420, 1427.”