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342. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
- Title:
- Peter Abelard, Versus ad Astralabium Filium Suum; Dares Phrygius, De Bello Troiano (incomplete); a chronicle of England, AD 162–1121 (Chronica de Anglia); Lines on Egyptian days, a fragment of Ælfric, De Temporibus, notes on Septuagesima, Lent, Easter, epacts and concurrents; the letters of Adam Marsh; Paul, Epistulae, with glosses derived from Pelagius; Domesday abbreviation for Kent; Boncompagnus da Signa, Boncompagnus, Bernard of Meung, Ars Dictaminis; a theological treatise on vices and v...
- Scope & Content:
- Royal MS 6 C VIII originally formed part of the same manuscript from Rievaulx as the folios now in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 4r-21v. The remainder of the 8th-century, Northumbrian manuscript in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 85r-90v is now Cambridge, Trinity College, B. 10. 5. Other leave...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 8th century-16th century
- Extent:
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A parchment codex
343. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21
- Title:
- Peter Abelard, Versus ad Astralabium Filium Suum; an incomplete copy of Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia; a chronicle of England, AD 162–1121.
- Scope & Content:
- These texts, copied in the last quarter of the 12th century at Rievaulx Abbey, originally formed one manuscript with the folios now contained in Royal MS 6 C VIII. The texts contained in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII include: f. 4r: the last words of the closing rubric of Orosius, Historia Advers...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
344. 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
345. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 26-84
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 26-84
- Title:
- Adam Marsh, Epistolae
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain the largest collection of letters of Adam Marsh or Adam de Marisco (d. 1259), a Franciscan friar and biblical scholar. The last letter ends imperfectly. Decoration: Initials and rubrics in red or brown (f. 26r, 61v). Text in three columns (f. 57r).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd third of the 13th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
346. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90
- Title:
- Paul, Epistulae, with a gloss derived from Pelagius's commentary
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain part of the Pauline epistles with a gloss derived from Pelagius and were copied perhaps in Northumbria in the 8th century. These folios once formed a larger volume with Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.5. A fragment of an old title in a Gothic hand, beginning with a red in...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 8th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
347. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 91–142
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 91–142
- Title:
- Boncompagnus da Signa, Boncompagnus; Bernard of Meung, Ars Dictaminis
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 91r-130v: Boncompagnus da Signa (b. c. 1165, d. c. 1240), Boncompagnus, beginning: 'Boncompagnus nomine compositoris appellator'. ff. 131r-142v: Bernard of Meung (fl. 1133), Ars Dictaminis (The Art of Writing). Decoration: Rubrics and headings in red (ff. 91r-130v). The ink c...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 14th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
348. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156
- Title:
- Domesday abbreviation for Kent
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain a 12th-century copy of an abbreviation of the Domesday survey of Kent. These membranes originally formed a roll, but have been cut apart and rearranged in book form (see Clarke, 'Condensing and Abbreviating' (2016), p. 258). Contents: ff. 143r-156r: Domesday abbreviation ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
349. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 157–164
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 157–164
- Title:
- Theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain a theological treatise copied in the 1st half of the 15th century. Other leaves from the same manuscript are now contained in Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff. 1, 205; Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff. 145–148; Cotton MS Cleopatra E I, ff. 184, 188, 312; and Cotton MS Cleopatra E IV,...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
350. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 165-212
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 165-212
- Title:
- Jocelin of Furness, Vita sancti Kentigerni
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain the earlier of two surviving copies of Jocelin of Furness's Vita sancti Kentigerni (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis, Subsidia Hagiographica, 6, 2 vols (Brussels, 1898–1901; repr. 1992), no. 4646. It was copied in the late 12th-century. Contents: ff. 1...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII