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2. Royal MS 1 A XIV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 1 A XIV
- Title:
- Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains the four Gospels in English, in the Anglo-Saxon or Wessex version, with flyleaves from a Latin missal of the 13th century. The Gospels are arranged as follows: Mark (ff. 3r-32r); Matthew (ff. 33r-82r); Luke (ff. 83r-133v); John (ff. 135r-174v) and were probably copied se...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- 1150-1200
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
3. Royal MS 1 B VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 1 B VII
- Title:
- Gospel-book ('The Royal Athelstan Gospels')
- Scope & Content:
- The four Gospels, in Jerome's translation. Detailed contents: (1) Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, incipit: 'Nouum opus facere', f. 1r; (2) Prologue to Jerome's commentary on Matthew's Gospel, incipit: 'Plures fuisse', f. 2v; (3) Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Eusebius Carpiano...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 700-749
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
4. Royal MS 1 D IX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 1 D IX
- Title:
- Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript contains the four Gospels, preceded by: Epistle of Jerome to Pope Damasus I, incipit: 'Novum opus facere' (ff. 1r-2v); an extract from Jerome's commentary on Matthew, incipit: 'Plures fuisse' (ff. 2v-3v); Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Ammonius quidem' (ff. 3v-4v); pr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Early 11th century-c 1020
- Extent:
-
150 + 11 folios.
5. Royal MS 2 A XX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 2 A XX
- Title:
- Royal Prayerbook
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript consists of a decorated prayerbook with extracts from the Gospels, liturgy, apocrypha, and glosses. Its text and decoration link it to a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks known as the 'Tiberius Group'. In particular, its script and contents are related to those in Harley MS 2965 ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- late 8th to 12th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex
6. Royal MS 2 B V
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 2 B V
- Title:
- The Royal Psalter
- Scope & Content:
- The main text of the this manuscript consists of a Psalter, in the Roman version, with 12 canticles and some Old English glosses in the same hand as the manuscript. Between the late 10th and mid-11th century, further prayers, proverbs, and notes on topics ranging from Christ's incarnation to the...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century-mid-11th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex
7. Royal MS 4 A XIV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 4 A XIV
- Title:
- Fragment of a Missal; collection of St Jerome's and Pseudo-Jerome's works on music and a homily of Origen; fragment of Felix's Vita Guthlaci
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains three parts: ff. 1*-2*: a fragment of a late ninth- or early tenth-century Continental Missal. For technical reasons, these folios are labelled flyleaf 1c and flyleaf 2 in the viewer to enable them to display in the correct order; ff. 1r-106v: a mid-10th century coll...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- late 8th to middle of 10th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex
8. Royal MS 5 E XI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 5 E XI
- Title:
- Aldhelm of Sherborne, De virginitate (prose)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains the De laudibus virginitatis (On the Praise of Virginity) a didactic work in 60 chapters extolling virginity, composed by Aldhelm of Sherborne (d. 709). Two leaves (ff. 116-117) have been replaced in the 11th century and now function as flyleaves. Contents: ff. 3r-7v:...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 11th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
9. Royal MS 5 F III
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 5 F III
- Title:
- Aldhelm, De virginitate (prose)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains an early, imperfect copy of the prose version of Aldhelm's De virginitate, with foliate and interlace initials and later, eleventh-century glosses. An imperfect table of chapters (f. 1 begins at chapter 13) and a prologue precede the text. Chapter 39 is omitted both in t...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- c. 900
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex
10. Royal MS 6 A VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 6 A VI
- Title:
- Commentaries on the Song of Salomon and a theological treatise; Aldhem's letter to Heahfrid, Epistola ad Heahfridum with glosses; Aldhem, De laudibus Virginitatis with glosses.
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains: ff. 1r-4v: flyleaves taken from a 13th century manuscript, two of them are commentaries on the Song of Salomon and the other are from a theological treatise. Note that ff. 1 and 4 are bounded upside down. ff. 5r-9r: Aldhem's letter to Heahfrid, Epistola ad Heahfridu...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter 10th century- 1st half of 11th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex, 109 folios.