Scope and Contents 15th-century manuscript produced in England, probably London. The volume contains the 'Myrrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesu Christ', a translation by Nicholas Love, Prior of Mount Grace Charterhouse in Yorkshire, of the Pseudo-Bonaventure 'Meditationes vitae Christi'. The work dispenses meditative and doctrinal comment on scripture and is made up of 63 chapters in 7 sections, each representing a day of the week. The manuscript was produced for Edmund Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin,...

Scope and Contents The manuscript consists of two sections, folios 1-9 ('1467 MS'), written in and about that date (folio 7 recto) by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail (folios 3 recto, 5 recto, 7 recto, 8 recto), who was presumably a MacMhuirich; and folios 10-25 (Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’), written circa 1425 by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín (date and hand established by Tomás Ó Concheanainn, “The scribe of John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’”, pages 99-101.The manuscript begins with Cormac’s Instructions...

Scope and Contents Complete Sanskrit text, preceded by a set of mālāmantras (folio 1 verso) and nine devotional stanzas (folios 3-5 verso). The adhyāyas end as follows: i, folio 14; ii, folio 27 verso; iii, folio 35; iv, folio 42; v, folio 47 verso; vi, folio 56; vii, folio 61; viii, folio 66 verso; ix, folio 72 verso; x, folio 80; xi, folio 91 verso; xii, folio 95; xiii, folio 101; xiv, folio 105 verso; xv, folio 109 verso; xvi, folio 114; xvii, folio 118 verso; xviii, folios 132, 132 verso.The...

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The seven penitential psalms begin on folio 2.

The Psalms and several of the prayers are written in Latin (Psalms 1 (51) and cxxix (130) are not written out in full), the rest of the prayers and all the rubrics are in Italian.

A scrap of paper inscribed 'Libriccino che fu di uso del Cardinal Duca d'Yorck' in a nineteenth-century hand is tipped in at the front of the volume (folio i).

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The contents are as follows: ‘1467 MS.’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín, [circa 1425, circa 1467], (Adv.MS.72.1.1);

Manuscript, 16th century-17th century, containing a medical compendium, in Gaelic, asembled by the Mull Beatons (Adv.MS.72.1.2);

‘Materia medica’, 15th century, formerly belonging to the Beaton family of physicians (Adv.MS.72.1.3).

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In addition to the medieval manuscripts, there are some non-religious books of later date, and a few unrelated fragments.