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1. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 14–45

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 14–45
Title:
Sermons; Augustine, De Fide Catholica (Sermon 233); De Litteris; Chronicle from Creation to 728; Augustine, Sermo de Symbolo (excerpt); Origin, In Lucam Homiliae (excerpt Sermon 12); Ratio de Cursus; Fortunatianus, Commentary on the Gospels (excerpts); John Cassian, Collationes (excerpt); Jerome, Contra Vigilantium; Defensor of Ligugé, Liber scintillarum (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 14r-27r: An anonymous sermon on the Works of Mercy, beginning ‘Isaias propheta dicit ille vobis qui jungitis agrum ad agrum’; excerpt from a sermon ('Venus, A Man') against the observance of pagan customs (see Levison, England and the Continent (1946), pp. 303-04 (as ‘C’)); partly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 8th century-1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

2. Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 117–170

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 117–170
Title:
Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Saeculi; Alexander of Stainsby, Constitutiones; Honorius of Autun, Imago Mundi
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 117r-123v: Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem (Admonition to a Spiritual Son), beginning: ‘Audi fili admonitionem patris tui et inclina aurem tuam’. ff. 124r-138v: Isidore of Seville (d. 636), Synonyma (Synonyms), preceded by a prologue (f. 124r), beginning: ‘In subseq...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian E III

3. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 4–77

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 4–77
Title:
Ecgberht of York, Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae; Hrabanus Maurus, De Computo; Eight computistical poems; De Septem Miraculis Mundi; De Duobus Verticibus Mundi; De Diebus Aegyptiacis; Ordo Librorum Catholicorum in Circulo Anni Legendorum; De Vocibus Litterarum; Greek and Hebrew alphabets with interpretations; Untitled computistical tract; De Sex Aetatibus Hominis; Isidore of Seville (Pseudo-Gildas), De Natura Rerum; T-O world map; Abbo...
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4v-8r: Ecgberht of York (d. 766), Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis (Dialogue of Ecclesiastical Institutions). ff. 8r-10v: Abbo of Fleury (b. c. 945, d. 1004), abbot of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae (On the Difference between the Circle and the Sphere). ff. 10v-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

4. Harley MS 2688, ff 17r-22v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2688, ff 17r-22v
Title:
A circular diagram of the winds; John Scotus Eriugena, epitaph for Hincmar of Reims; Greek and Latin grammatical lists; Excerpt from Proverbs; Hymn to St Michael (with neumes)
Scope & Content:
This miscellanous collection of texts originally formed the initial gathering of Harley MS 3095, a 10th-century manuscript of Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524)'s works. A later scribe has added in the 11th century the hymn (ff. 17v-18r). This part includes: Contents: f. 17r: A circular diagram of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 2688

5. Harley MS 2688, ff 47r-54v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2688, ff 47r-54v
Title:
Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae (books 4-5)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 47r-54v: Priscian (fl. 500), Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), books 4-5 with interlinear and marginal glosses, begins imperfectly in chapter 2 of book 4, beginning: '[...] in tus desinentibus derivantur abiecta .s. assumunt do ut habitus habitudo'; ending imperfe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 2688

6. Harley MS 3941/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3941/1
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
The first of two volumes of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (b.c. 560, d. 636), an encyclopedia in twenty books dedicated to Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa (b. 590, d. 651), the editor of the text. The second volume is Harley 3941/2. Contents: f. 1r: Letter of Braulio to Isidore, imperfec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton and Latin
Date Range:
9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

7. Harley MS 3941/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3941/2
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
The second of two volumes of the Etymologiae (Etymologies) of Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636), an encyclopedia in twenty books dedicated to Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa (b. 590, d. 651), the editor of the text. The first volume is Harley MS 3941/1. Contents: ff. 140r-151r: Isidore of S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton and Latin
Date Range:
9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

8. Royal MS 15 A XVI, ff 74-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A XVI, ff 74-84
Title:
Martin the Irishman, Scholica graecarum glossarum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 74v-83v: Martin the Irishman (b. 819, d. 875), Scholica graecarum glossarum; alphabetical glossary of words chiefly of Greek origin: Decoration: Initial and rubric in red (f. 74v). Added in the 11th century: full page outline drawing of a Romanesque building with towers (f. 84 u...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 15 A XVI

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