Contents: ff. 158r-166v: Æthelwulf (fl. 9th century), De Abbatibus (On the Abbots). f. 166r: ‘Hieronimus Dicit de Situ Babylonis’ (Jerome Says about the Location of Babylon), beginning: 'Babylonem fuisse potentissimam’. f. 166v: ‘Orosius Autem hoc Modo Refert de Eadem Ciuitate’ (Orosius Writ...
ff. 1r-23r: De Expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum, excerpted from Ralph of Coggeshall's Chronicon Anglicanum. Decoration: Large initials in red.
ff. 179r-182v: Fragment of the Meditationes Vitae Christi attributed to Bonaventure: 'Explicit liber aureus vite passionis resurrectionis et ascencionis domni nostril ihesu Christi secundum domini Boneventuram curie Romane Cardinalem'. ff. 182v-183r: Prophecy of Thomas of Canterbury: a vision i...
Hildebert of Lavardin (Le Mans), Carmina (2r–34r), including Uita metrica sancte Marie Aegyptiace (2v–8v: BHL 5419; Walther 18159); unidentified scientific text (34v: incomplete)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 2nd half of the 12th century (2r–34r); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century (34v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
These folios contain Augustine of Hippo's Enchiridion, copied in the first half of the 12th century. Decoration: Some initials in black with penwork decoration.
Breuiarium regum Anglorum, to the reign of King Henry IV of England (1399–1413) (87r–121v); Bartolus of Sassoferrato, De insigniis et armis (122r–129r); ‘The names of Cheuytayns that come wyth Wylliam Conquerour’ (129v–130v)
Chronicle of Walden Abbey, AM 1–1321 (68r–89v); chronicle of the kings of England, William I–Edward IV (89v–91v); note of the number of parish churches, towns and knights’ fees in England (91v–92v)
Scope & Content:
Languages: Latin (68r–89v); Middle English (89v–92v)
Contents: ff. 2r-61v: The Hagnaby Chronicle. Decoration: Numerous large initials in red, blue or green, some with penwork decoration. Numerous small initials in red and blue. Highlighting in red.
Wace, Roman de Brut (19r–115v: Dean 2); verse-chronicle of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings of England (115v–137v: Dean 24); Wace, La conception Notre Dame (123v–127r: Dean 489); verse beginning ‘(R)umor nouus Anglie partes pererrauit’ (138r–v: Walther 16929, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Anglo-Norman French; Latin (138r–v) Dated: last quarter of the 13th century; last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century (123v–127r, 138r–v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century