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'Auchinleck manuscript', one of the earliest and largest compilations of Middle English verse, including romances and religious and historical pieces

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.1
Scope and Contents The following description was based primarily upon the conclusions of Pearsall and Cunningham (1977) and Burnley and Wiggins (2003). The numbering system of the items follows that of Pearsall and Cunningham.The Auchinleck manuscript was probably written in London at some point between 1331 and 1340. These dates can be assigned on the basis of palaeographical evidence and internal references. One of these references is the ending of the 'The Anonymous Short English Metrical...
Dates: 1331 - 1340.

Microfilm of French manuscript containing all of the epigrams of Martial, and of the Auchinleck manuscript.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: French manuscript, 9th century, containing all of the epigrams of Martial (Adv.MS.18.3.1);

Auchinleck manuscript, 1st half of 14th century, a compilation of Middle English verse, including romances and religious and historical pieces (Adv.MS.19.2.1).

Dates: 9th century, 1st half of 14th century.

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Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck (Judge) 1