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1. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 4–77

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 4–77
Title:
Ecgberht of York, Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae; Hrabanus Maurus, De Computo; Eight computistical poems; De Septem Miraculis Mundi; De Duobus Verticibus Mundi; De Diebus Aegyptiacis; Ordo Librorum Catholicorum in Circulo Anni Legendorum; De Vocibus Litterarum; Greek and Hebrew alphabets with interpretations; Untitled computistical tract; De Sex Aetatibus Hominis; Isidore of Seville (Pseudo-Gildas), De Natura Rerum; T-O world map; Abbo...
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4v-8r: Ecgberht of York (d. 766), Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis (Dialogue of Ecclesiastical Institutions). ff. 8r-10v: Abbo of Fleury (b. c. 945, d. 1004), abbot of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae (On the Difference between the Circle and the Sphere). ff. 10v-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
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2. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 79–86

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 79–86
Title:
Cummian, Epistola de Controversia Paschali; Bede, Epistola ad Pleguinam de Aetatibus Saeculi
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Contents: ff. 79r-83r: Cummian, Epistola de Controversia Paschali (Letter on the Easter Controversy). ff. 83r-86v: Bede the Venerable (d. 673, d. 735), Epistola ad Pleguinam de Aetatibus Saeculi (Letter to Plegwin about the Ages of the World). Decoration: Medium and small initials in black...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

3. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 109–135

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 109–135
Title:
Serlo of Bayeux, poems; Godfrey of Winchester, Liber Proverbiorum; Hildebert of Lavardin, Vita Beatae Mariae Aegyptiacae; miscellany of poems by Hildebert of Lavardin, Marbod of Rennes, Ausonius, and Godfrey of Winchester
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Contents: ff. 109r-114r: Serlo of Bayeux (d. 1104), canon of the cathedral chapter of Bayeux, collection of short poems [including: Versus Serlonis Parisiacensis ad Muriel Sanctimonialem Virginem [Muriel, sister of Odo (d. 1097), Bishop of Bayeux]; Ad Virginem Deo Dicatam Versus; Incipiunt Vers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

4. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 136–185

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 136–185
Title:
Bartholomew of Exeter, Penitential; The Lord's Prayer in Old English; Exemplum
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Contents: ff. 136r-185r: Bartholomew (d. 1184), Bishop of Exeter, Penitential, with a note in the lower margin of f. 184v that extends to f. 185r. f. 184v: The Lord’s Prayer, in Old English, beginning: ‘Fader ure be giert on heofena’. f. 185r: A Latin exemplum concerning a bishop with the ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII