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1. Add MS 35180

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Add MS 35180
Title:
Peter the Chanter, Verbum Abbreviatum; Metrical life of Thomas of Canterbury; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus (excerpt); French notes on the compass
Scope & Content:
This early 13th-century manuscript originates from the Cistercian monastery of Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire, as is indicated by its ownership inscription. The manuscript primarily contains a biblical commentary of the French theologian Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), the Verbum Abbreviatum (Abbr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Sloane MS 146

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 146
Title:
Trilingual medical and botanical recipes; trilingual botanical glossary
Scope & Content:
This manuscript with medical and botanical texts was largely written in the 13th century, but also include a botanical glossary in Latin, Anglo-Norman and Middle English that has been written in the late 12th century. Contents: ff. 1r-68v: A collection of medical and botanical recipes in Lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Sloane MS 1580

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 1580
Title:
Collection of sermons, moral and theological sentences, poems, hymns with monophonic and polyphonic music, prayers, tracts on law, grammar and the computus; including Samson of Canterbury, Excerptae ex diversis voluminibus;Walter of Châtillon, Carmina; De Clarevallensibus et Cluniacensibus; Questiones Adriani Imperatoris Secundo philosopho in silencio philosophantis;Charm against infirmities;Adam of Saint-Victor, Lux iucunda lux insignis; De hominum deificatione (excerpt); Philippe de Thaon,...
Scope & Content:
This 13th-century miscellany mainly contains theological and liturgical works, including monophonic and polyphonic music. However, it also includes a copy of the Comput (Computus), the oldest extant scientific text in the vernacular, that Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), the first Anglo-Norman...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Sloane MS 2839

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 2839
Title:
Liber cirurgium cauterium; medical recipes; Epistola Peri Hereseon; Tereoperica
Scope & Content:
This 11th-century manuscript contains a collection of didactical texts on practical and theoretical medicine. The format of this volume suggests that it was used as a medical textbook. It includes an illustrated account on cautery points, which was one of the principal medieval treatments, and a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

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