Leaf of the Breviary of Margaret of York, duchess of Burgundy (d. 1503), by the Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy, dating from c. 1475-1480. Incorporated is a mounted papyrus fragment of Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in Evangelia (TM 66296), dating from the last quarter of the 6th century or the...
The Katherine Group of Middle English texts; an Abecedarium and other verses; lists of Archbishops
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of three parts, bound together: ff. 1-12: An Abecedarium in Latin, Greek and Hebrew; a verse prophecy of the Sibille, verses on the zones of the Earth, the seasons and related topics in Latin; a Greek litany (2nd half of the 14th century); ff. 14-147: The Katherine Gr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Calendar; Latin-Old Cornish glossary; De situ Brecheniauc; Vita sancti Gundleii regis; Vita et passio sancti Cadoci; Vita sancti Iltuti abbatis; Geoffrey (alias Stephen) of Llandaff, Vita sancti Teliaui episcopi; De primo statu Landauensis ecclesie; Vita sancti Dubritii archiepiscopi; Rhygyfarch ap Sulien, Vita sancti Davidis episcopi; Genealogia and mass for St David; Benedict of Gloucester, Vita sancti Dubritii archiepiscopi; Vita sancti Bernaci; Vita sancti Paterni episcopi; Vita sancti Cl...
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a calendar, a Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, and series of hagiographical materials related to Welsh and Western British saints, in Latin. These include: ff. 1r–6v: calendar; ff. 7r–10r: Latin-Old Cornish glossary; ff. 10v–11v: De situ Brecheniauc; f. 12r: blank; f. 12...
Excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto; Altercatio inter Urbanum et Clementem
Scope & Content:
These folios, copied in England in the mid-12th century, include: ff.106r–109r: Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, i.25–27, 29; ff. 109r–110v: Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto; ff. 111r–113v: Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, i.25–27, 29, v.12–14, 16–17; f. 113v: A...
Letter-book of Wulfstan (d. 1023), bishop of Worcester and archbishop of York
Scope & Content:
The collection compromises a selection of letters of Alcuin (d. 804), abbot of St Martin, Tours and royal advisor, of Wulfstan (d. 1023), bishop of Worcester and archbishop of Canterbury, and others, and various ecclesiastical decrees and documents from England. There are minor corrections made ...
Libellus quorundam insignium operum beati Æthelwoldi episcopi
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ff. 2r–27v: Libellus quorundam insignium operum beati Æthelwoldi episcopi. Account of Æthelwold’s refoundation of Ely abbey and of the properties he granted to it. ‘Incipit prologus libelli quorundam insignium operum beati æðelwoldi episcopi. Cum preteritarum notitia rerum ignorantię tenebris qu...
ff. 61r–75r: Arbitrium between John Fordham, bishop of Ely (1388–1425), and the prior and convent of Ely, 1417; ff. 76r–98v: Names of the tenants of Ely Cathedral Priory; ff 99v–102v: Charter of King Henry VI of England (1422–1461, 1470–1471), dated 1417 and c. 1438 (f. 102r–v).