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212. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 117r-146v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 117r-146v
- Title:
- Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), Summarium and Anticlaudianus
- Scope & Content:
- Two works by Alain de Lille, Summarium and Anticlaudianus (a poem in Latin hexameter)in 9 'distinctiones'. Prologue (in prose), incipit: 'Cum fulminis impetus vires suas'; followed by the Summarium, incipit (f. 117v): 'Quia in hoc opere agitur'. Verse prologue to the Anticlaudianus, incipit: 'Au...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
- 30 folios.
213. Royal MS 13 C IV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 C IV
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- HISTORIA ROMANA, by Paulus Diaconus, with theo. logical works, &c., in Latin, viz.: 1. 'Inicium hystorie Romane quam composuit Paulus diaconus [al. P. Warnefridi]', &c.: the epitome of Roman history by Eutropius, in ten books, with introductory chapter (f. i) and six additional books (f...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 14th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
214. Royal MS 13 D I/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 D I/1
- Title:
- Fragmentary Psalter, imperfect
- Scope & Content:
- Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1573, d. 1631) dismembered this manuscript in order to provide some of his most valuable manuscripts with high-quality flyleaves, probably before 1612. Around 1616, he used another 42 leaves to replace text he had removed from Royal MS 13 D I. The latter manuscript is a lat...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment manuscript
215. Royal MS 13 D IX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 D IX
- Title:
- The Sanctilogium or Speculum legendarum by Gui de Châtres, abbot of St Denis
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a copy of the collection of saints’ lives known as the Sanctilogium or Speculum legendarum, that Gui de Châtres, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Denis (1326-1342), compiled around 1320 by extending Usuard’s Martyrologium with materials from the Legenda aurea of J...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment manuscript
216. Royal MS 13 D VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 D VI
- Title:
- Excerpt from St Jerome, De viris illustribus; Josephus Flavius, Antiquitates iudaicae (books 1-14)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is the first volume of a two volume-set containing Flavius Josephus (b. 37, d. c. 98)'s Antiquitates Iudicae (Antiquities of the Jews). It is preceded by an excerpt on Flavius Josephus from St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 420)'s De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). The second volu...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
217. Royal MS 13 D VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 D VII
- Title:
- Josephus Flavius, Antiquitates Iudicae; Josephus Flavius, De Bello Iudaico
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: This manuscript is the second volume of a two volume-set containing Josephus Flavius's Antiquitates Iudicae. The first volume is Royal MS 13 D VI and contains books 1-14 of the work written by Josephus. This manuscript consists of the last books, 15-20, and includes Josephus's De Bell...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
218. Royal MS 13 E VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 E VI
- Title:
- Ralph of Diceto, Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains copies of the major works of Ralph of Diceto (b. c. 1120, d. c. 1202), a medieval chronicler, archdeacon of Middlesex and dean of St Paul's Cathedral. The Abbreviationes chronicorum (Abbreviations of chronicles) and Imagines historiarum (Images of History) are two chroni...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1199-1209
- Extent:
- 1 volume
219. Royal MS 14 B IX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 B IX
- Title:
- Peter of Poitiers, Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi
- Scope & Content:
- This illuminated roll contains a copy of Peter of Poitiers's (Petrus Pictaviensis) (b. c. 1120, d. 1205) Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi, the genealogy of Christ beginning with Adam, created in England in the second half of the thirteenth century. It is similar in content and arrangem...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment roll.
220. Royal MS 14 C III
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 14 C III
- Title:
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronici canones (translated by Jerome)
- Scope & Content:
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronici canones in the Latin version of Jerome, including: Jerome, prologue, incipit: 'Eusebius Hieronymus Vincentio et Galieno suis salutem. Vetus iste disertorum mos fuit' (ff. 2r-3v); Eusebius, preface, incipit: 'Mosen gentis Hebraeae qui primus' (ff. 4r-6r); text, inci...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1485-1488
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex