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1. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII
Title:
Prudentius, Psychomachia; Pseudo-Columbanus, Precepta Vivendi (imperfect); Collection of canon law, including Collectio Dacheriana; canons of the council of Trosly, 909; Pseudo-Isidore of Seville, Epistula ad Leudefredum Episcopum; Pseudo-Isidore of Seville, Collectio Canonum; Quadripartitus; Gregory the Great, Libellus Responsionum; Gregory the Great, Registrum; Augustine of Hippo, De Coniugiis Adulterinis, book ii; and Fulbert of Chartres, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two main parts, joined in the early modern period. Contents: ff. 4r-37v: an illustrated copy of Prudentius's Psychomachia with titles for the illustrations and glosses in Old English, copied in the late 10th or early 11th century. ff. 38r-171r: a collection...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century - 1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 4–37

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 4–37
Title:
Prudentius, Psychomachia; Pseudo-Columbanus, Precepta Vivendi (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain an illustrated copy of Prudentius's Psychomachia made between the late 10th and early 11th century, with Old English titles and glosses added in the early 11th century. Contents: ff. 4r-37r: Prudentius, Psychomachia, with Old English titles and glosses added in the early ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII

3. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 38–171

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 38–171
Title:
Collection of canon law texts, including the Collectio Dacheriana; canons of the council of Trosly, 909; Isidore Mercator (Pseudo-Isidore of Seville), Epistula ad Leudefredum Episcopum; Isidore Mercator, Collectio Canonum; Quadripartitus; St Gregory the Great, Libellus Responsionum and Registrum (excerpts); St Augustine of Hippo, De Coniugiis Adulterinis, book ii; and Fulbert of Chartres, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a collection of canon law, possibly copied in the region that is now France in the 2nd half of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 38r-39v: Modus Tenendi Synodos in Anglia Primaevis Temporibus, including prayers for a synod beginning 'Adsumus sancte spiritus adsumus peccati q...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII