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1. Royal MS 1 A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 A XIV
Title:
Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the four Gospels in English, in the Anglo-Saxon or Wessex version, with flyleaves from a Latin missal of the 13th century. The Gospels are arranged as follows: Mark (ff. 3r-32r); Matthew (ff. 33r-82r); Luke (ff. 83r-133v); John (ff. 135r-174v) and were probably copied se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1150-1200
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Royal MS 1 B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 B VII
Title:
Gospel-book ('The Royal Athelstan Gospels')
Scope & Content:
The four Gospels, in Jerome's translation. Detailed contents: (1) Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, incipit: 'Nouum opus facere', f. 1r; (2) Prologue to Jerome's commentary on Matthew's Gospel, incipit: 'Plures fuisse', f. 2v; (3) Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Eusebius Carpiano...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
700-749
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Royal MS 1 C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 C VII
Title:
The Rochester Bible
Scope & Content:
Part of a Bible containing the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and Kings, according to the Vulgate of Jerome. The New Testament section of this manuscript is now Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, MS W. 18; the remainder of the Old Testament section has not survived. Contents: ff. i-vi: added lea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Royal MS 1 D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D IX
Title:
Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains the four Gospels, preceded by: Epistle of Jerome to Pope Damasus I, incipit: 'Novum opus facere' (ff. 1r-2v); an extract from Jerome's commentary on Matthew, incipit: 'Plures fuisse' (ff. 2v-3v); Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus, incipit: 'Ammonius quidem' (ff. 3v-4v); pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Early 11th century-c 1020
Extent:

150 + 11 folios.

5. Royal MS 1 D V

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D V
Title:
Codex Alexandrinus (Rahlfs A), Bible in four volumes: Volume 1 (Genesis to 2 Chronicles)
Scope & Content:
Volume 1 of 4 (see also Royal MSS 1 D. vi-viii). Old Testament (Genesis to 2 Chronicles). All the books have superscriptions and colophons. Contents: 1. (f. 4r): Table of contents. 2. (ff. 5r-38r): Genesis. Superscription (f. 5r): 'Γένεσις κόσμου'. Colophon (f. 38r): 'Γένεσις κόσμου'. 3....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex; 279 folios

6. Royal MS 1 D VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D VI
Title:
Codex Alexandrinus (Rahlfs A), Bible in four volumes: Volume 2 (Hosea to 4 Maccabees)
Scope & Content:
Volume 2 of 4 (see also Royal MSS 1 D. v, vii-viii). Old Testament (Hosea to 4 Maccabees). All the books have superscriptions and colophons. Contents: 1. (f. 1v): 17th-century table of contents. 2. (ff. 2r-6r): Hosea. Superscription (f. 2r): 'Ὡσηὲ Α'. Colophon (f. 6r): 'Ὡσηὲ Α'. 3. (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex; 238 folios

7. Royal MS 1 D VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D VII
Title:
Codex Alexandrinus (Rahlfs A), Bible in four volumes: Volume 3 (Athanasius's Letter to Marcellinus and Psalms to Ecclesiasticus)
Scope & Content:
Volume 3 of 4 (see also Royal MSS 1 D. v-vi, viii). Epistle of Athanasius to Marcellinus; Old Testament (Psalms to Ecclesiasticus). All the books have superscriptions and colophons. Contents: 1. (f. 1v): 17th century table of contents. 2. (ff. 2r-9r): Epistle of Athanasius to Marcellinus o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex; 118 folios

8. Royal MS 1 D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D VIII
Title:
Codex Alexandrinus (Gregory-Aland 02), Bible in four volumes: Volume 4 (New Testament)
Scope & Content:
Volume 4 of 4 (see also Royal MSS 1 D. v-vii). New Testament. All the books have superscriptions and colophons. The Eusebian canons and Ammonian sections are indicated in the margins of the Gospels, and the κεφάλαια appear as running heads at the top of the Gospel pages. Contents: 1. (f. 1v)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex; 144 folios

9. Royal MS 1 D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 D X
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Psalter with a calendar (ff. 9r-14r); canticles (ff. 125r-137r): Isaiah 12, 2; Isaiah 38, 10-20; 1 Kings 2, 1-10; Exodus 15, 1-19; Habakkuk 3; Deuteronomy 32, 1- 43; Te Deum; Benedicite; Benedictus; Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis; Gloria in excelsis; Quicumque vult; Magnificat (repeated); Nunc Dimitt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-c 1220
Extent:

139 folios.

10. Royal MS 1 E IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 1 E IX
Title:
Bible (the 'Big Bible' or the 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names
Scope & Content:
Bible, in Latin, of St Jerome's version with the Gospel of Nicodemus. Produced in England (probably London) during the first quarter of the fifteenth century. The manuscript is also known as the Bible of Richard II, but Richard's ownership questioned by Krochalis 1988 and Scott 1996 on chronolog...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex.