Search

Place Northern England Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [41] Item

1. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58
Title:
Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu ending with an epitome of Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum; De VII Mirabilibus Mundi; Historia Brittonum (‘Gildasian’ recension, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various historical texts copied in the north of England in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 28r–43r: Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu (The Book about the First Arrival of the Saxons or Normans). ff. 36r–43r: An epitome of Symeon of Dur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

2. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90
Title:
Paul, Epistulae, with a gloss derived from Pelagius's commentary
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of the Pauline epistles with a gloss derived from Pelagius and were copied perhaps in Northumbria in the 8th century. These folios once formed a larger volume with Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.5. A fragment of an old title in a Gothic hand, beginning with a red in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 8th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

Limit your search