Calendar and prefatory cycle of miniatures and diagrams (the 'De Lisle Psalter')
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The 'De Lisle Psalter' includes: ff. 117r-122v: Calendar, use of Sarum. ff. 123r-135: Prefatory material including the Speculum theologie, a collection of theological diagrams excerpted from several sources, probably compiled by Johannes Metensis (John of Metz), a Franciscan preacher and foll...
Extracts from Theodore Gazes, Introductio grammatica. Latin and Greek. inc. Κοινὰ τῶν τεσσάρων συζυγιῶν. Followed (ff 24r-v) by a Latin translation 'ab Inico quodam' from Book II of the same, inc. Dictorum ponentes.
Glossed Aristotle De anima, with added texts in Latin, French and Middle English
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1. A fragment of Aristotle's De anima with glosses added in the late 13th century (ff. 1r-12v); On the lower half of the pages and in spaces in the Aristotle text have been added: (i) Inscription (see below, item 2), verses (f. 2: Boffey 539.5, 1227, 1961.3, 3238.5) and a list of contents of t...
Boethius, Commentary on Aristotle's De Interpretatione
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Contents: ff. 180r-276v: Boethius, Commentary on Aristotle's De interpretatione (Perihermeneias) (On Interpretation). Decoration: Red and brown or red simple initials. Diagrams with red and some with line-fillers.
Thierry of Chartres, Commentary on Cicero's De inventione
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Contents: ff. 102r-179v: Thierry of Chartres, Commentary on Cicero's De Inventione (On Invention), ending imperfect (see the catchword on f. 179v). Decoration: Marginal drawings including faces, hands, busts, and animals (e.g., ff. 109v, 110v, 123v). Some of these drawings are for catchwords...
The Book of Psalms, canticles and hymns with an interlinear translations in Anglo-Norman; Litany of Saints
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Contents: ff. 7r-146r: The Book of Psalms, with an interlinear translation in Anglo-Norman. ff. 146r-157v: Canticles and hymns (Confitebor tibi , Ego dixi, Exultavit cor meum, Cantemus domino gloriose, Domine audivi, Audite celi, Benedicite, Te Deum, Benedictus, Quicumque Vult), with interlin...