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61. Harley MS 3097

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3097
Title:
St Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; Vita Sancti Nicholai Myrrensis; Folcard of Saint-Bertin, Vita Sancti Botulphi; Vitae Tancredi, Torhtredi and Tovae; De Translatione Sanctorum Qui in Thornensi Monasterio Requiescunt; Felix of Crowland, Vita Sancti Guthlaci; St Ambrose of Milan, Sermo de Observantia Episcoporum; Ambrose, De Misteriis; Ambrose, De Sacramentis; De Helia et Jejunio; Prologue to the Vita Sancti Nicholai Myrrensis; Miracles of St Nicholas
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a commentary on the Book of Daniel by St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 419/420), followed by saints’ lives and sermons. It includes various materials related to the Benedictine abbey of Thorney: lives of St Botolph, abbot of Thorney Abbey and three saints at Thorney who were mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century - 1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

62. Harley MS 3680

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3680
Title:
Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Cuthbert of Wearmouth, Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae; a tract on the conversion of Kent; Catalogus sanctorum qui in Anglia requiescunt, imperfect
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) by the Benedictine monk Bede (b. 672/3, d. 735), the Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (Letter on the Death of Bede the Venerable) by Cuthbert, a disciple of Bede, an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

63. Harley MS 3895

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3895
Title:
Compilation of saints lives with devotions to saints
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript predominantly contains the lives of the martyrs St Thomas of Canterbury, St Pelagia of Antioch, St Eustace, St Katherine of Alexandria, and the confessor St Aignan, Bishop of Orléans. It also includes hymns and prayers, a theological tract, and a commentary on the So...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

64. Harley MS 3908

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3908
Title:
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Vita Sancte Mildrethae; Lessons on the Gospel of St Luke; Mass and Office for the feast of St. Mildreth; Historia de Sancta Mildretha in music; Textus translationis Mildrethe; John of Bridlington, Prophetia; Prophecies of Merlin
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript consists mainly of texts written in the 1st half of the 12th century (ff. 1r-100r), and it also includes two added texts written in the 14th century (ff. 101r-117v). ff. 1r-35r: Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Vita Sancte Mildrethae, (the Life of St Mildreth), with a prolo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-14th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

65. Harley MS 4984

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4984
Title:
Collection of texts about St Martin of Tours: Sulpicius Severus, Vita Sancti Martini, Epistolae, Dialogi (books 1-3); Gregory of Tours, De Virtutibus Sancti Martini and Libri Octo Miraculorum
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains a collection of texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours (d. 397) by Sulpicius Severus (b. c. 363, d. c. 425) and Gregory of Tours (b. c. 538, d. 594). The manuscript was written for a monastic audience, as is indicated by a contempo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

66. Harley MS 5041

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5041
Title:
A Patristic florilegium, imperfect; Vita Sancti Fursei, prayers and chants, imperfect.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two nearly contemporary parts that were bound together at an early period. The first text, dating to the 2nd half of the 8th century, is a unique Patristic florilegium (ff. 1r-78v): it quotes several authors, but its direct source has not been identified. It was produ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

67. Royal MS 5 B XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 5 B XV
Title:
Augustine, Enchiridion; Autpert Ambrose, Liber de Conflictu Virtutum et Vitiorum; John Chrysostom, De Muliere Chananea sub Figura Persecutionis; Lectiones de Miraculis Sancti Lethardi Episcopi; Fulcher of Chartres, Historia Hierosolymitana
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains four parts (ff. i recto-48v [Part 1]; ff. 49r-56v [Part 2]; 57r-64v [Part 3]; and 65r-133v [Part 4]) that were produced between the 4th quarter of the 11th century and the 2nd quarter of the 12th century (see 'Provenance' for the dating of the separate parts). ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

68. Royal MS 6 A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 6 A VII
Title:
John the Deacon, Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni (Life of St Gregory the Great) by John the Deacon of Rome (b. c. 825; d. 880). Contents: ff. 2r-3r: A preface for the Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni, beginning: 'Incipit Vita Gregorii papae urbis Romae. Beatissimo ac felicissimo domino Iohann...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

69. Royal MS 13 A X, ff 1-62

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 A X, ff 1-62
Title:
Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii; Passio Sancti Albani; Vita Sancti Runwoldi
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-53r: Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii (Life of St Johannes Eleemosynarius), including a preface (ff. 1r-2r) and capitula (ff. 2r-3v). ff. 53r-55v: Passio Sancti Albani (Passion of St Alban). ff. 55v-61v: Vita Sancti Runwoldi (Life of St Runwold) with a prologue (ff. 55v-56r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 13 A X

70. Royal MS 13 A X, ff 63-103

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 A X, ff 63-103
Title:
Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti; Homelia in natale Sancti Machutis; Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (fragment)
Scope & Content:
Contents: The earliest version of the Voyage of St Brendan is contained in the life of Saint Malo (who was his scholar) in this manuscript, adapted by Bili, a deacon of Aleth (now Saint Malo, Brittany) for Ratuili, Bishop of Aleth (c. 866). ff. 63r-98r: Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti (Life...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 13 A X

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