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1. Royal MS 13 B VIII

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Royal MS 13 B VIII
Title:
Anthology of texts on topography, history and marvels of the world
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes an anthology of texts on topography, history and marvels of the world, relating to Ireland and Wales. Contents: 1. Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica) (ff. 1r-34v); 2. Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica (ff. 34v-74r); 3. Gerald of Wales...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:

147 folios.

2. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 34v-74r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 34v-74r
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica
Scope & Content:
Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica; rubric: 'Introitus in recitationem', incipit (f. 34v): 'Quoniam de insule Hybernice situ' ; the dedication to Richard, Count of Poitou, incipit (f. 37r): 'A multis requisitus et multotiens'; the main work (entitled 'Liber vaticinalis hystorie . . . super Hy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
41 folios.

3. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 74v-100v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 74v-100v
Title:
Gerald of Wales Itinerarium Kambriae
Scope & Content:
Gerald of Wales Itinerarium Kambriae; rubric: 'Incipit itinerarium Girardi Kambrensis, et tam Kambrie quam Britannie descriptio'; incipit: 'Quoniam ca que laudabili devotione', without the preface which appears in some other manuscripts. Edited by Dimock 1867 (pp. 9-152) from this manuscript, w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
27 folios.

4. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 112v-116v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 112v-116v
Title:
Eusebius of Caesarea Chronicle (excerpts)
Scope & Content:
Eusebius of Caesarea Chronicle (excerpts); rubric (f. 112v): 'Exceptiones de cronicis Eusebii'; incipit (f. 113r): 'In castello Iudee Emaus natus estpuer'. Includes miscellaneous anecdotes with several relating to French and English history. Decoration: Initials in red and green.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
5 folios.

5. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 1r-34v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 1r-34v
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica)
Scope & Content:
Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica); rubric: 'Introitus in recitationem', incipit: 'Consideranti mihi quam brevis' (f. 1r); the dedication to Henry II, incipit: 'Placuit excellentie uestre' (f. 3v); the main work (here entitled 'Hybernica historia'), incipit: 'Hybernia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
34 folios.

6. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 100v-112v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 100v-112v
Title:
Henry of Sawtry (Saltrey), De purgatorio sancti Patrici
Scope & Content:
Henry of Sawtry (Saltrey), De purgatorio sancti Patrici with the prologue addressed to H[enry] Abbot 'de Sartis' [of Wardon, co. Bucks]. Prologue incipit:. 'Patri suo in Christo, preoptato domino'; text, incipit (f. 101v) : 'Dicitur magnus sanctus Patricius'. Decoration: Two large foliate in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
13 folios.

7. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 117r-146v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 117r-146v
Title:
Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), Summarium and Anticlaudianus
Scope & Content:
Two works by Alain de Lille, Summarium and Anticlaudianus (a poem in Latin hexameter)in 9 'distinctiones'. Prologue (in prose), incipit: 'Cum fulminis impetus vires suas'; followed by the Summarium, incipit (f. 117v): 'Quia in hoc opere agitur'. Verse prologue to the Anticlaudianus, incipit: 'Au...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
30 folios.

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