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2621. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 22-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 22-25
Title:
Lines on Egyptian days; a fragment of Ælfric, De Temporibus; rules for finding Septuagesima, Lent and Easter; a note on epacts and concurrents
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Old English texts on calculating days and times, a fragment of a 'Winchester computus' (see Chardonnens, Anglo-Saxon Prognostics, p. 36): f. 22r: A text on prayers and liturgy to be said in the morning, beginning 'þonne þu on morgen...' (edited in Ker, Catalogue (1957), p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2622. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 1–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 1–82
Title:
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De architectura; Extracts from Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata ex Sententiis Sancti Augustini; Vitalis's epitaph
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: A page-title written by a modern hand: 'Vitruvius/ Vegetius, de re militari'. f. 2v: Preface of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura followed by a table of chapters numbered in Roman numerals. ff. 3r-82r: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura (About Architecture) (10 b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

2623. Cotton MS Faustina C I, ff 66–93

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina C I, ff 66–93
Title:
Rhigyfarch ap Sulien, Planctus; Cicero, In Somnium Scipionis; Macrobius, Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis; Rhigyfarch ap Sulien, De messe infelici; Chronicle of World History, AM 1–AD 750
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 66r: Rhigyfarch [Ricemarchus] ap Sulien (b. 1057, d. 1099), Planctus [Lament of Ricemarch]. f. 66v: A note on Cicero's De re publica. ff. 67r-68r: Cicero, In Somnium Scipionis [excerpted from his De re publica]. ff. 67r-93r: Macrobius, Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis. f. 80r (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Faustina C I

2624. Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 174–233

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 174–233
Title:
Nicholas Trevet, Annales Sex Regum Anglie; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Seculi; ‘Hermerus’, Lilium Regnans
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 174r-231r: Nicholas Trevet (b. c. 1258, d. c. 1334), Annales Sex Regum Anglie (Annals of Six Kings of England), 1136–1307. ff. 231v-233v: Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Seculi (On the Beginning and the End of this Age). f. 233v: ‘Hermerus’, a political prophecy known as Li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Otho D VIII

2625. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 145–158

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 145–158
Title:
A theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
Scope & Content:
Other portions of the same medieval manuscript are now Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff. 1, 205, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 157–164, Cotton MS Cleopatra E I, ff. 184, 188, 312, and Cotton MS Cleopatra E IV, ff. 1, 475 Contents: ff. 145r-158v: A theological treatise concerning vices and virtues...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

2626. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21
Title:
Peter Abelard, Versus ad Astralabium Filium Suum; an incomplete copy of Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia; a chronicle of England, AD 162–1121.
Scope & Content:
These texts, copied in the last quarter of the 12th century at Rievaulx Abbey, originally formed one manuscript with the folios now contained in Royal MS 6 C VIII. The texts contained in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII include: f. 4r: the last words of the closing rubric of Orosius, Historia Advers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2627. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 11–85

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 11–85
Title:
Old English Illustrated Herbal; Medicina de Quadrupedibus
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the Old English Illustrated Pharmacopoeia, contain an illustrated Herbal, comprising Latin texts translated into Old English, along with texts called Medicina de quadrupedibus, also translated into Old English. These folios were copied in the first quarter of the 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

2628. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 107–165

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 107–165
Title:
Helperic of Auxerre, De Computo; Collatio Compoti Romani et Arabici; Herman of Reichenau, Computus Abbreviates; computistical argumenta
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the treatise on the computus by Helperic of Auxerre, copied in the late 11th century. To this part were added two further computistical works dated to the middle of the 12th century (ff. 143v–147v) and the 2nd half of the 12th century (ff. 148r–165v). It featur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII

2629. Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 2–85

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 2–85
Title:
Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi; Herman the Archdeacon, Miracula Sancti Edmundi
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-19v: Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi (Passion of St Edmund), beginning: 'Dorobernensium aecclesiae archiepiscopo Dunstano, vere moribus et aetate maturo'; ending: 'ut nos cum sibi digne famulantibus expiet a peccatis quibus meremur supplicium per eum qui vivit et regnat i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Tiberius B II

2630. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 129–209

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 129–209
Title:
Adrevald of Fleury, Aduentus et Exceptio Sancti Benedicti et Scholastice; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book I (imperfect); Thierry of Fleury (Amorbach), Translatio Corporis Sancti Benedicti, §ii; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book i (continued); Aimoin of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti; Vita Sancte Marie Magdalene; Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene; arms of Robert Steward, prior of Ely (1522–1539), with the date 1531; Passio Sancte Katerine Virginis; Vis...
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various hagiographical texts. All of these folios were copied in the 1st half of the 12th century, apart from Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene (Translation of St Mary Magdalene), copied in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century and the account of the vision of the monk of Eyns...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

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