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41. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77

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Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77
Title:
Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note of the age of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (Old English paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis (incomplete); hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various Biblical texts, notes, and hymns in Latin and Old English. Apart from the additions on ff. 76v–77v, most of this text may have been copied between the middle of the 10th century to 2nd half of the 10th century. These folios include: ff. 2r–37v: Book of Proverbs (Par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D VI

42. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 4–169

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 4–169
Title:
Collection of Homilies mainly by Ælfric.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4v-6v: Ælfric, First Series of Homilies, De initio creature. Beginning: 'An anginn is ealra þingen'. Ending: 'ac he ƿearð þurh deofles sƿicdome ut adræfd'. f. 6v: Ælfric, Letter to Sigefyrð [imperfect]. Rubric: 'Emb Clænnysse þe gehadede mæn healden scylen'. Beginning: 'Ælfric a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.

43. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei; calculation for the year AD 912; hymns; additions; Boethius, De consolatione Philosophiae (excerpts).
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 170r: additions by an English hand of the 10th century (Anglo-Saxon minuscule) of excerpts of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae (two first verses [metra], imperfect). Beginning: 'Carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi/ Flebilis heu moestos cogor inire modos'. Ending: 'Dec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 9th century-c 912
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.

44. Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 68–83

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 68–83
Title:
A penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum; and St Jerome, De persecutione Christianorum (Ps.-Augustine, sermo lx; Ps.-Caesarius of Arles, homilia xx).
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 68r: Title in Old English: 'Þis siondon ondetnessa to gode seolfum'. ff. 68r-69v: A prayer: 'Ego peccavi quando non dulgebam in me peccantibus'. ff. 69v-79r: a penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum. Rubric: 'De confessio peccatorum et penitentie Isidori'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XV.

45. Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93
Title:
Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-86r: Penitential manual including the first part of the Penitentiale Sangermanense or Cantabrigiense. Liturgical part of the penitential is on ff. 2r-3v; the ordo part is on ff. 4r-86r. ff. 87r-92v: Confessional prayer in Old English. It contains a long list of sins aimed to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XX.

46. Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 18–40

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 18–40
Title:
Old English translation of Felix, Vita sancti Guthlaci
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a prose Old English translation of Felix's Vita S Guthlaci, copied in the third quarter of the 11th century. In the 12th century, an alphabet and the first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin were added to f. 40v. This text was originally copied together with works attribut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI

47. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

48. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v
Title:
The 'Nowell Codex', containing a homily on St Christopher; The Marvels of the East; Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Beowulf; Judith
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Nowell Codex', contain several works in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the very late 10th century or the early decades of the 11th century. The hands of two scribes can be distinguished, responsible for writing ff. 94r–175v (line 3) and f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
990s or 1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

49. Harley Ch 43 C 4

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Harley Ch 43 C 4
Title:
Will of Æthelflæd; Will of Ælfflæd
Scope & Content:
Will of Æthelflæd, including a bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berkshire, to the king; at Damerham, Hampshire, to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Brihtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary’s, Barking; at Hadh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

50. Harley MS 55

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 55
Title:
Anglo-Saxon miscellany including medical remedies and Anglo-Saxon laws by Edgar and Cnut
Scope & Content:
The volume is made up of fragments from two different manuscripts. The first fragment (ff. 1r-4v; unit A) probably formed the end of the original manuscript, and includes: Bald, Leechbook, book 2, chapter 59 (ff. 1r-3r); Laws of King Edgar (r. 959-975) (ff. 3v-4v); Oswald, archbishop of Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Early 11th century
Extent:

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