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1. Add MS 4899

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Title:
Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a selection of the Sermones (Sermons) by Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), abbot of Clairvaux and one of the leading theologians of the 12th century. The manuscript was produced in England in the 12th century and belonged to the Carthusian abbey of Witham in the 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Add MS 11943

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Title:
Macrobius, Commentarii in Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-49r: Macrobius (b. c 370, d. c 435), Commentarii in Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis (Commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio), preceded by a prologue (ff. 1r-3r), beginning: 'Cum in Africam venissem A Manlio consule ad quartam legionem tribunus ut scitis militum'. Book 1 (ff. 3v-29v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Add MS 11983

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Title:
Seneca the Younger, De Clementia, Apocolocyntosis or Ludus de Morte Claudii, Proverbia, De Beneficiis; Publilius Syrus, Proverbia Senecae Secundum Ordinem Alphabeti; Ausonius, Versus de Duodecim Caesarum, Tetrasticha; Epitaphium Senecae; anonymous verses in praise of England; Marbod of Rennes, De Ornamentis Verborum; Hermes Trismegistus, Asclepius
Scope & Content:
This manuscript from c. 1100 contains a collection of works by and related to Seneca the Younger (b. 4 BC, d. 65AD), together with those by Ausonius (b. c. 310, d. 395) and Marbod of Rennes (b. c. 1035, d. 1123). Contents: ff. 4r-21v: Seneca, De Clementia (On Mercy), beginning: ‘Scribere de cl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1075-c 1125
Extent:
A parchment codex

4. Add MS 33241

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Title:
Encomium Emmae reginae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an account praising Emma (d. 1052), the second consort of both Æthelred II (d. 1016), king of England, and Cnut (d. 1035), king of England, Denmark and Norway. The work was composed by a Flemish monk at Emma's behest. This manuscript also contains an image of the author ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

5. Add MS 38130

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Title:
Vita Sancti Neoti; Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript from the early 12th century mainly contains a life and sermons concerning the 9th-century Benedictine monk St Neot, and the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) by the Benedictine monk Bede (b. 672/3, d. 735). Its script and op...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

6. Add MS 38819

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Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: Psalter, use of York. ff. 1r-6v: An Augustinian Calendar, with some Cistercian additions. ff. 7r-135v: The Book of Psalms, imperfect, some Psalms are lacking (lacking Psalms 1:1-5; 9:3-15; 10:4; 11:7; 31:8; 33:7; 34:16; 36:4; 45:1; 47:13; 77:17-33; 91:1; 93:12; 101:11; 105:28; 112:4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

7. Arundel MS 153

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Arundel MS 153
Title:
Liber Domesday (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains extracts from the Domesday Book, mainly concerning counties in the South-West and Midlands of England. Contents: ff. 2r-5r: Wiltshire. ff. 5r-8r: Dorset. ff. 8v-15v: Somerset. ff. 16r-23r: Devon. ff. 23r-26v: Cornwall. ff. 26v-27v: Middlesex. ff. 27v-31v: Hertfor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

8. Burney MS 28

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Burney MS 28
Title:
Glossed Gospel of Mark
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the Gospel of Mark with interlinear and marginal Gloss. The manuscript’s provenance suggests that it was most likely produced in England. Contents: ff. 1r-111r: The Gospel of Mark with marginal and interlinear gloss. [f. 111v is an empty leaf]. Decora...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

9. Burney MS 326

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Burney MS 326
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Etymologiae (Etymologies), also known as Origenes (Origins), by Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636). This is an encyclopedic work that discusses the origin of words related to the liberal arts and a vast range of other subjects. The manuscript appears to have been...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

10. Cotton MS Tiberius B XIII

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Cotton MS Tiberius B XIII
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Speculum Ecclesiae; Gerald of Wales, De Rebus a Se Gestis; Roger of Ford, Speculum Ecclesiae
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts. The first part (ff. 1-185), copied in the first quarter of the 13th century, contains the only surviving copy of the Speculum Ecclesiae (Mirror of the Church) that Gerald of Wales (b. c. 1146, d. c. 1223), author and ecclesiastic, is thought to have ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

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