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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 4980, ff 3-75
Title:: Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r–75v: Bede, Expositio actuum apostolorum (Commentary on Acts), beginning imperfectly: '[...] postulationis contempneretur auctoritas'. Decoration: Initials highlighted in red (oxidised) or/and yellow. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:: Part of Harley MS 4980

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 5251
Title:: Pseudo-Fredegarius Scholasticus, Chronicon
Scope & Content:: This manuscript consists of the Chronicon (Chronicle),attributed to 'Fredegarius Scholasticus' in the 16th century; however, it is a compilation of several chronicles written by different 7th-century writers. The chronicleis composed of 4 books, which include the Liber generationis (Book of gene...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 7403
Title:: Religious poems and prose in Old Provençal
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-27r: The Gospel of Nicodemus [Evangelium Nicodemi] in Old Provençal verse; incomplete at the beginning: ‘Veias qui es parlar ab tu / Ieu regardiei e vi ihesu'. ff. 27r-34v: The Fifteen Signs before Doomsday [Quindecim Signa ante Judicium] in Old Provençal verse; beginning: ‘S...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle, Latin, and Provençal, Old
Date Range:: 1st half of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 10 D VIII
Title:: Gratian's Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria of Bartholomew of Brescia
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a thirteenth-century copy of Gratian's Decretum, a comprehensive compilation of canon law that includes decisions of Church councils, papal bulls, and excerpts from the Fathers of the Church, which was first composed in Bologna between 1139 and 1158. In addition to the D...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Yates Thompson MS 24
Title:: Pontifical, Use of Mende ('The Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus')
Scope & Content:: A collection of ceremonies conducted by bishops and other senior priests, often with musical notation. Contents: f. 1v: Added notes by a bishop of Comminges, 16th century. ff. 2r-3v: Table of contents. ff. 4r-76r: Rituals for ordaining, consecrating, and baptising. ff. 76r-158r: Rituals for...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1390-1402
Extent:: 1 volume

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