Collection items

English copy of William of Malmesbury’s Deeds of t...

Manuscript Created date: 1st half of the 13th century–c. 1291

William of Malmesbury’s (b. c. 1095, d. c. 1143) Deeds of the Kings of the English focuses on political events and ruler...

Laws of the Londoners

Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 13th century

By the end of the 12th century, French was commonly used as an administrative and legal language in England alongside La...

Laȝamon's Roman de Brut

Manuscript Created date: 1250–1300, possibly after 1275

Laȝamon’s Brut is a translation and reworking of an earlier text, Roman de Brut, written by Wace in around 1155. The Rom...

Middle English Bestiary

Manuscript Created date: 1275–1300

This manuscript contains a copy of the Physiologus, a collection of stories about animals and plants. It is the basis fo...

'Sumer is icumen in'

Manuscript Created date: 3rd quarter of the 13th century

'Sumer Is Icumen In', a musical composition for several voices, was probably composed at Reading Abbey around the middle...