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1. Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

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Cotton MS Tiberius A XV
Title:
A letterbook including Alcuin's Epistolae with other letters addressed to archbishops of Canterbury and others; a fragment of a Gospel of St John and a charter of Duke William II of Normandy; Junillus Africanus, Instituta regularia divine legis (imperfect); Richard Rolle, Super apocalypsim, Richard Rolle, Super mulierem fortem, Officium de sancto Ricardo heremita and Vita et miracula sancti Ricardi heremite
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains four originally separate items, now bound together. Contents: ff. 1r-173v: A letterbook including letters by Alcuin and letters by various authors in the late 10th century, copied in England in the 1st quarter of the 11th century. f. 174r: A fragment of the Gospel of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 7th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 1–173

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Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 1–173
Title:
Alcuin, Epistolae and various other letters
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a series of letters copied in early 11th century, possibly at Canterbury. They were damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731 and are illegible in some parts. The bulk of the manuscript contains around 126 letters of Alcuin (ff. 1-144v). Further letters by various authors...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

3. Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 175–180

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Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 175–180
Title:
Junillus Africanus, Instituta regularia divine legis (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 175r-180v: Junillus Africanus (d. 548/9), Instituta regularia divine legis, copied possibly in the south of England in the late 7th or early 8th century. The leaves have been rebound out of order. The correct order is ff. 177, 179–180, 176, 175, 178. Decoration: Some letters f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 7th century-1st quarter of the 8th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

4. Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, f 174

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Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, f 174
Title:
Gospel of St John; A charter of Duke William II of Normandy
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 174r: a fragment from a Gospel of St John copied in the middle of the 10th century. f. 174v: a charter of William II, duke of Normandy (b. 1035, d. 1087), later King William I of England (r. 1066-1087), for the chapel of Notre Dame, Cherbourg, dated between 1063 and 1066 and copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 10th century-2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

5. Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 181–194

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Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 181–194
Title:
Richard Rolle, Super Apocalypsim; Richard Rolle, Super Mulierem Fortem; Officium de Sancto Ricardo Heremita; Vita et Miracula Sancti Ricardi Heremite
Scope & Content:
These folios include a series of works written by or about the hermit Richard Rolle (d. 1349), copied in the late 14th or early 15th century. Contents: ff. 181r–189v: Richard Rolle, Super apocalypsim. f. 190r–v: Richard Rolle, Super mulierem fortem. f. 191r: Officium de sancto Ricardo here...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV