The Mediaeval Manuscripts number just nine but include Petrus Lombardus' Sententiæ from the Thirteenth Century; an illuminated Vitæ Sanctorum, or Saints lives; an early-fifteenth-century Sarum Missal decorated with penwork flourishing, and border ornaments; a fifteenth-century breviary (a service book containing hymns, offices and prayers sung by the Roman Catholic clergy at prescribed times) and a fifteenth-century horae, or book of hours, (popularly used in private devotions from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century).
Mediaeval Manuscripts
This material is held atNewcastle University Special Collections and Archives
- Reference
- GB 186 MS
- Dates of Creation
- 13th Century - 15th Century
- Language of Material
- Latin
- Physical Description
- 9 items
Scope and Content
Access Information
Open. Please follow this link for further information about how to access items from this collection: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/collections/collection_details.php?id=80 .
Acquisition Information
Incrementally curated and augmented by library staff.
Archivist's Note
This EAD description created 10/12/2018.
Conditions Governing Use
UK copyright law applies
Accruals
Further material is expected to be added to this collection