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London, British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii

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London, British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii

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British Library

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London, UK

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De diametro terrae et distantiis planetarum : partim prosaice, partim metrice (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Astronomical tables including historical and prophetic material (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Genealogy of the English royal line from Adam to the years after the incarnation (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Fragmentum historiæ Britannicæ, institutæ ad deducendos natales Ricardi ducis Eboracentis à Bruto, et ejus jus ad coronam Angliæ probandum (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Genealogy of Richard D. of York from Brutus; with various coats of arms (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Explanations of certain prophecies concerning the affairs of England both in prose and in verse (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Manifesto against the murderers of Richard II (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
The reason why Archbishop Richard Scrope was beheaded (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Martyrium prædicti Ricardi Scrope (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Certain prophecies concerning English affairs, here written by the master John de Muris (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Prophetia Merlini Sylvesti, qui prophetavit tempore Arthuri (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Prophetia S. Himerici, de Italia (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Prophetia Urbani papæ IV (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Prognosticatio David Viterbiensis (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Versus cui rubrica "Anno dni. 1369 sunt ista reperta." (BL, Cotton MS Vespesian E.vii)
Visio facta S. Thomæ archiepiscopo Cantuar (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Revelations, Extracts (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Prophetia de moribus R. Edwardi de Wyndefeure, secundum Bridlyngton: metrice (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
De Antichristo: de quindecim signis dierum ante diem judicii (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Genealogia Josephi et B. Mariæ (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
On the right of Edward IV to the crown of England by lawful succession (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
The prophecy of an eagle (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Several modern prophecies, in English and Latin verse (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Astronomical observations (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Epitaphium (vel potius colophon scripti cujusdam) Roberti prioris de Bridlington (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)
Genealogy of the kings of England from William the Bastard to Edward IV (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii)

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A catalogue of the manuscripts in the Cottonian Library deposited in the British Museum, p. 480

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Explanations of certain prophecies concerning the affairs of England both in prose and in verse (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian E.vii) Work item