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11. Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 158-228

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 158-228
Title:
Life of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury (Quadrilogus II)
Scope & Content:
These folios include an early copy of the second Quadrilogus, a composite life of Thomas Becket (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 8194). The text was composed by Brother 'E', a monk of Evesham who worked under the auspices of Henry de Longchamp, abbot of Crowland, according to the dedicator...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2

12. Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 229-235

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 229-235
Title:
De indulgencia apud assisium; Coronatio Edwardi secundi; La maniere comment le roy sera coronee
Scope & Content:
These folios contain some material related to royal coronations that was copied in the 14th century, including: ff. 229r-230v: De indulgencia apud assisium; ff. 231r-v: Coronatio Edwardi secundi; ff. 232r-235v: La maniere comment le roy sera coronee.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2

13. Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 236-291

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 236-291
Title:
Life of St Edward the Confessor; Life of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury; Life of Edmund Rich, archbishop of Canterbury
Scope & Content:
These folios include three saints' lives, copied in the 14th century: ff. 236r-254v: Aelred of Rievaulx's vita of St Edward the Confessor (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2423); ff. 254v-280r: A vita of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury by Edward Grim (Bibliotheca Hagiographica La...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2

14. Cotton Nero E I/2, ff 185-186

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Nero E I/2, ff 185-186
Title:
Office lections; law-code IV Edgar (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain office lections in Latin (f. 185r) and excerpts from the law-code IV Edgar (ff. 185v–186v), copied in the late 10th or early 11th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 10th century-early 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

15. Harley MS 80, ff 1r-57r, ff 1r-33r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 1r-57r, ff 1r-33r
Title:
Roger Bacon, De Scientia Perspectiva
Scope & Content:
De Scientia Perspectiva, treatise on optical science and phenomena by Roger Bacon (circa 1214-1292), philosopher and Franciscan friar. It is copied in cursive script (Anglicana) by two English hands, datable respectively to the second half of the 14th century (ff. 1r-8v, and 15th century (ff. 9r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1350-1499
Extent:
33 folios.

16. Harley MS 80, ff 1r-57r, ff 34r-54r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 1r-57r, ff 34r-54r
Title:
Richard of Wallingford, Tractatus Albionis
Scope & Content:
Richard of Wallingford, Tractatus Albionis. This treatise by Richard of Wallingford (c. 1292-1336), abbot of St Albans and astronomer, relates to an equatorium, an astronomical instrument for the calculation of planetary positions. It was probably composed around 1326, at much the same period ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
21 folios.

17. Harley MS 80, ff 1r-57r, ff 54v-57r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 1r-57r, ff 54v-57r
Title:
Richard of Wallingford, Tractatus rectanguli
Scope & Content:
Richard of Wallingford, Tractatus rectanguli. Prologue 'Rectangulum in remedium tediosi & difficilis operis', rubric 'Capitulum primum de arte componendi tibiam primam', incipit: 'Ad componendum igitur rectangulum, separemus laminam', explicit (f. 57r) 'ponimus istic finem', followed (f. 57r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
4 folios.

18. Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v, ff 58r-68r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v, ff 58r-68r
Title:
Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), De interrogationibus or Liber introductorius ad astrologiam
Scope & Content:
Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), De interrogationibus or Liber introductorius ad astrologiam. Rubric 'Capitulum primum / principium consi/deracionis in rebus / quod est ascendens', incipit: 'Cum interrogatus fueris de aliqua interrogatione', explicit: 'destinetur omne quodam pertinet ad eand...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
11 folios

19. Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v, ff 68v-74r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 58r-74v, ff 68v-74r
Title:
Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili), De Electionibus
Scope & Content:
Zael (Sahl ibn Bishr al-Isra'ili; d. 822 or 850), De Electionibus, excerpts?; Rubric 'Incipit eleccionum liber. Capitulum primum', incipit]mnes concordati sunt quod / electiones sint debiles nisi in / divitibus', explicit: 'quod non sit in xii signis ex eleccionibus'. Followed by two lines add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
7 folios.

20. Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v, ff 75r-76r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 80, ff 75r-84v, ff 75r-76r
Title:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De imaginibus
Scope & Content:
Thebit ben Corat (Thabit bin Qurra), De imaginibus; a book of instructions for making talismans that was very popular in the Middle Age, and was translated by Adelard of Bath and by John of Spain. Begins imperfect in the middle of the third part of the tract, incipit: 'fuerit sol in aliqua digni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
2 folios.

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