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1. Harley MS 526

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526
Title:
Bede, Vita Sancti Cuthberti metrica (BHL 2020); Vita Venerabilis Bedae (BHL1069); Vita Ædwardi Regis (BHL 2421); fragment of Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita Sancti Edwardi regis and confessoris (BHL 2423) and the papal commissioners' report on St Hugh of Lincoln and Avalon; Vita Adae et Evae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains five parts: Bede's verse Vita S Cuthberti (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2020), copied in northern France at the end of the 9th century (ff. 1-27); a vita of Bede, copied in France or England in the first half of the 12th century (ff. 28-36v); the only surviving, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 9th-14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 526, ff 1r-27v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 1r-27v
Title:
Bede, Vita Cuthberti Metrica (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2020)
Scope & Content:
This work contains a late 9th century copy of Bede's verse Life of Cuthbert, written in the region which is now northern France. It was in England by the mid-10th century, given the Old English names inscribed in the margin and the Old English glosses in the text (see, for example, ff. 2r, 15r)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 9th century
Extent:
27 folios, part of a parchment codex

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