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212. Cotton MS Caligula A XIV, ff 93–130
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XIV, ff 93–130
- Title:
- Ælfric, Life of St Martin (imperfect); Ælfric, Life of St Thomas; Life of St Mildred (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain Old English hagiographical works copied in the mid-11th century. Contents: ff. 93r–111v, 125r–130v: Ælfric (b. 955, d. 1010), Life of St Martin (imperfect). ff. 111v–121v: Ælfric, Life of St Thomas. ff.121v–124v: Life of St Mildred (imperfect). Decoration: Initials...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd to 3rd quarter of 11th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
213. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 76
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 76
- Title:
- Leaf of a Gospel-book in Latin containing a record in Old English
- Scope & Content:
- The last leaf of a Northumbrian gospel-book, with a record of the 'geburas' (roughly translated as inhabitants or serfs) at Hatfield, Hertfordshire added in the late 10th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 8th century-2nd half of the 10th century
- Extent:
- Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1
214. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, ff 2-73, 77-88
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, ff 2-73, 77-88
- Title:
- Collection of computistical, geographical, historical and astronomical texts
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain a collection of texts, possibly copied at Canterbury in the mid-11th century, with later additions. Apart from the added Vita metrica sancti Nicholai and notes on Battle Abbey, the manuscript is believed to have been copied mostly by one scribe in the 2nd quarter of the 11th...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter 11th century-3rd quarter 12th century
- Extent:
- Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1
215. 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:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
216. 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:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III
217. Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 2–173
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 2–173
- Title:
- Miniature of Æthelwold, Edgar and Dunstan; Regularis Concordia; collection of prognostics; confessional prayers; prayers and devotions; Ælfric, Colloquy; prognostics; Bede, De Temporibus, revised by Ælfric; Life of St Margaret; Ælfric, homily for Palm Sunday; miscellaneous texts including a collection of homilies; contents page; miniature of St Benedict, enthroned; Rule of St Benedict; various texts including capitula of the Council of Aachen, 817
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain an 11th-century copy of Regularis Concordia, the Rule of St Benedict, prognostics, prayers, homilies, other texts and two miniatures. It may have originally formed a miscellany for a churchman or archbishop (see Cooper, Monk-Bishops (2015), p. 263). Late 11th- or early 12th-...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 11th century-Mid 12th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III
218. Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff 2r-42v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff 2r-42v
- Title:
- De temporibus, Heptametron de primordio mundi, Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum, De duodecim signis
- Scope & Content:
- Content: This part was originally bound together with Harley MS 3667. Both are two fragments from a larger manuscript. This part was probably written between 1120-1135 at Peterborough (see Ker, 'Membra Disiecta' (1938)). Contents: f. 2r: Tables for determining the movable feasts. f. 2v: Exc...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 12th century-2nd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
- Part of Cotton MS Tiberius C I