Archive Reference (shelfmark): Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X / Language: Latin - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A XV
Title:: Felix's Vita S Guthlaci
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains Felix's life of St Guthlac (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 3723) without its prologue. Latin and Old English glosses and corrections were added later, in the 11th century. Decoration: Large initials throughout.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of 10th century
Extent:: 1 parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A XX
Title:
Scope & Content:: PAULI OROSII historiae. Preceded (f. 1) by notices of Orosius 'ex cathalogo uirorum illustrium Gennadii' (cap. 39, Migne, Patr. Lat. lviii. 1080), 'ex epistola Ieronimi ad Augustinum', beg. 'Ecce uenit ad me' (sc. Ep. Aug. ad Hier. clxvi, ib. xxxiii. 720), and 'ex decretali Gelasii pape primi', ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A XXII
Title:: Paul the Deacon, Historia Langobardorum; Excerpt from Frechulf of Lisieux, Chronica; An added poem on the preservation of St Bertin's abbey at St Omer
Scope & Content:: Contents: This manuscript consists of the Historia Langobardorum (History of the Lombards) by Paul the Deacon (d. 799) followed by an excerpt from the Frechulf of Lisieux's Chronicle describing the Ethiopian conquest including Moses's birth, and a poem relating to the preservation of the Benedi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A XXIII
Title:: Ado of Vienne, Chronicon sive Breviarium de sex mundi aetatibus; A list of Roman emperors from West and East; A list of dukes of Normandy; Genealogia regum Francorum
Scope & Content:: Contents: This manuscript contains a chronicle written by Ado of Vienne (d. 874), archbishop of Vienne, focusing on the relationships between Frankish kings and Bavarians. It also includes lists of emperors and dukes of Normandy in addition to a genealogy of Frankish kings. This manuscript may ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: A Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 B III
Title:: Guillaume de Nangis, Gesta sancti Ludouici et regis Philippi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-121r: Latin chronicles concerning the lives of St Louis (ff. 2r-81v) and Philip the Fair (ff. 82r-121r) dedicated to Philip the Bold, with rubric 'Gesta sancta ludovica et Regis philippi eius primogeniti' (f. 2r). The text was copied from the collection of Latin chronicles of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 B VIII
Title:: Anthology of texts on topography, history and marvels of the world
Scope & Content:: The manuscript includes an anthology of texts on topography, history and marvels of the world, relating to Ireland and Wales. Contents: 1. Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica) (ff. 1r-34v); 2. Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica (ff. 34v-74r); 3. Gerald of Wales...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1196-1223
Extent:: 147 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 1r-34v
Title:: Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica)
Scope & Content:: Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica); rubric: 'Introitus in recitationem', incipit: 'Consideranti mihi quam brevis' (f. 1r); the dedication to Henry II, incipit: 'Placuit excellentie uestre' (f. 3v); the main work (here entitled 'Hybernica historia'), incipit: 'Hybernia...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1196-1223
Extent:: 34 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 34v-74r
Title:: Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica
Scope & Content:: Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica; rubric: 'Introitus in recitationem', incipit (f. 34v): 'Quoniam de insule Hybernice situ' ; the dedication to Richard, Count of Poitou, incipit (f. 37r): 'A multis requisitus et multotiens'; the main work (entitled 'Liber vaticinalis hystorie . . . super Hy...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1196-1223
Extent:: 41 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 74v-100v
Title:: Gerald of Wales Itinerarium Kambriae
Scope & Content:: Gerald of Wales Itinerarium Kambriae; rubric: 'Incipit itinerarium Girardi Kambrensis, et tam Kambrie quam Britannie descriptio'; incipit: 'Quoniam ca que laudabili devotione', without the preface which appears in some other manuscripts. Edited by Dimock 1867 (pp. 9-152) from this manuscript, w...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1196-1223
Extent:: 27 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 100v-112v
Title:: Henry of Sawtry (Saltrey), De purgatorio sancti Patrici
Scope & Content:: Henry of Sawtry (Saltrey), De purgatorio sancti Patrici with the prologue addressed to H[enry] Abbot 'de Sartis' [of Wardon, co. Bucks]. Prologue incipit:. 'Patri suo in Christo, preoptato domino'; text, incipit (f. 101v) : 'Dicitur magnus sanctus Patricius'. Decoration: Two large foliate in...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1196-1223
Extent:: 13 folios.

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