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...
These folios (ff. i, 1-157) contain a cartulary of Peterborough abbey, written in Latin and Anglo-Norman French. It was apparently compiled for the sacrist George Fraunceys (fl. c. 1393-1407) at the beginning of the 15th century, with later additions (Briston and Halliday, Pilsgate (2009), p. xi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century-1st half of the 16th century
Vita sancti Oswini regis; Inventio sancti Oswini regis; Miracula sancti Oswini regis
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These folios contain hagiography related to Saint Oswine (the last independent ruler of the kingdom of Deira), possibly copied at Tynemouth Priory in the late 12th or early 13th century: ff. 2r-9r: Vita sancti Oswini regis (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 6382, imperfect). ff. 10r-14r:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extracts from the works of John Leland (d. 1552), made by William Burton (d. 1645), including ‘Ex dictionario Britannico-Latino’ (238r–240v) and ‘Ex antiquissimo Dictionario Latino-Saxonico’ (241r–242r); letter of William Burton to John Selden (d. 1654), 11 January 1618/19 (f. 243)
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Language(s): Latin; English (f. 243) Dated: 1618/19
Contents: ff. 2r-214r: Chronicle of Rochester Cathedral Priory or Chronicon Roffense to 1307, with a continuation in a later hand to 1377 (ff. 204r-214r), including a list of the rulers of the eight kingdoms of England (f. 80v). It is a version of the Flores Historiarum (Flower of Histories), ...
John of Salisbury, Entheticus in Policraticum (ff. 55r–60v: Walther 17789); Nigel Witeker, Contra curiales et officiales clericos (ff. 60v–65r: verse, Walther 14366): 2nd half of the 15th century; Latin; origin Italy; owned by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
Verse miscellany, including De expulsione Ade et Eve de paradiso (ff. 82r–83r: Walther 2761), De inuentione sancte Crucis (ff. 83v–84r: Walther 3482), Versus de cruce Christi (ff. 84v–88v), and De mutatione mala ordinis Cistercii (ff. 88v–90r: Walther 4817): mid 14th century; Latin; origin British Isles; owned by (?)Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617); Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
Unidentified theological text (f. 94r–v: imperfect); Hildebert of Lavardin (Le Mans), Carmina i, ix (f. 95v: Walther 11711, 18382): 1st half of the 13th century; Latin; origin British Isles; owned by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)