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1. Arundel MS 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 16
Title:
Osbern of Canterbury, Vita Sancti Dunstani
Scope & Content:
Osbern, precentor of Christ Church, Canterbury, composed this version of the Vita Sancti Dunstani (Life of St Dunstan) between c.1089 and c.1093. This is thought to be the earliest of some twenty manuscripts of the text, and it may have been the original Christ Church copy (Alexander, Romanesque...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1090-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Arundel MS 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 35
Title:
William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-153v: William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum (imperfect). This is the earliest version of the text, composed c. 1130. It lacks the dedicatory letter and ends mid-sentence in the description of Henry I, at 'anglia proposita. Curalibus suis' (f. 153v). The text in Additiona...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Arundel MS 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 37
Title:
Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah
Scope & Content:
Bede (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk of Wearmouth-Jarrow, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah (In Esdram et Nehemiam prophetas allegorica expositio). Imperfect. Incipit (f. 1r, Book 2, ch. 2): 'Nunc inter hostes multiplicati at quinquaginta ferme milia viri redierunt in patriam'. Explicit of Book 2 (f. 60...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Parchment codex, 67 folios.

4. Arundel MS 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 44
Title:
Conrad of Hirsau (?), Speculum virginum
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Notated antiphon ‘Audite o lucis filie’ from the Epithalamium in the Speculum Virginum; musical notation: neumes on 4-line staves. ff. 1v-129v: Conrad of Hirsau (?), Speculum virginum; this work is in the form of a dialogue between the teacher, a Benedictine named Peregrinus, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Arundel MS 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 48
Title:
Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–174r: Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum. Decoration: 1 bas-de-page drawing (f. 168v). Large initials in red, green and/or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in green (and red) or red (and green) (ff. 2r, 3r, 4r, 20v, 34v, 53v, 84v, 101r, 143v). Smaller and small initia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 12th century-1st quarter 13th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

6. Arundel MS 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57
Title:
Michael of Northgate, Ayenbite of Inwyt
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript contains the only copy of the Middle English text, Ayenbite of Inwyt, together with religious poems and treatises. The first and last quires (ff. 1-12, 97-108) appear to have been added not long after the manuscript was written, possibly as protective flyleaves (see G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1340
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 3 items

7. Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57, ff 1r-12v
Title:
Glossed Aristotle De anima, with added texts in Latin, French and Middle English
Scope & Content:
1. A fragment of Aristotle's De anima with glosses added in the late 13th century (ff. 1r-12v); On the lower half of the pages and in spaces in the Aristotle text have been added: (i) Inscription (see below, item 2), verses (f. 2: Boffey 539.5, 1227, 1961.3, 3238.5) and a list of contents of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1300
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex: 12 folios

8. Arundel MS 57, ff 97r-108v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 57, ff 97r-108v
Title:
Commentary on St Matthew, with prologue
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1275-1325
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex: 12 folios

9. Arundel MS 66

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 66
Title:
Astrological compilation and political prophecies
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes: ff. 1v-2v: Canons to John Killingworth's tables, attributed to Thomas Pray. ff. 3r-32v: John Killingworth (Chillingworth), Astronomical tables. ff. 33r-47r: Catalogue of Stars extracted from Ptolemy's Almagest in the Latin translation of Gerard of Cremona. ff. 48r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1490
Extent:

Parchment codex

10. Arundel MS 66, ff 1v-32v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 66, ff 1v-32v
Title:
John Killingworth [Chillingworth], Astronomical tables, with canons attributed to Thomas Pray
Scope & Content:
John Killingworth [Chillingworth], Astronomical tables, title: 'Tabulas Kelyngworth Oxoniensis'; rubric: 'Incipiunt tabule que dicuntur Kelyngworthe' (ff. 3r-32v); preceded by canons explaining the use of John Killingworth's tables attributed to Master Thomas Pray of University College, Oxford, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1490
Extent:
32 folios.