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Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 7 D XXIV, ff 82r-162v, 166r-168v
Title:: Aldhelm, De Virginitate; Aldhelm, letter to Heahfrith (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. : Aldhelm's De Virginitate, with a table of contents (ff. 82r-85v) and a sketch of a writing figure (f. 85v). One of the scribes may also have been the main hand of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 183 (see Bishop, 'Early Example' (1966), p. 247). It is followed by a copy of Aldh...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 10th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 7 D XXIV

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 7 D XXIV, ff 163r-165v
Title:: Early modern copy of Aldhelm's letter to Heahfrith (Ehfrid) (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff 163r-165v : Aldhelm, Letter to Ehfrid, with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young in the 17th century. Decoration: No decoration.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 7 D XXIV

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 7 E VI, ff 2-103
Title:: Usuard, Martyrologium; Regula Sancti Benedicti; Homilies de tempore and de sanctis on the Gospels
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-73v: Usuard, Martyrologium (Martyrology), with additions for Christ Church Canterbury. ff. 74r-93v: St Benedict of Nursia, Regula Sancti Benedicti (Rule of St Benedict), beginning: 'Incipit admonitio Beati Benedicti ad monachos. Ausculta o fili precepta magistri et inclina aur...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 7 E VI

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 7 E VI, ff 104-133
Title:: Fragments from the Bible including the Gospels of St Mark (imperfect), St Luke and St John followed by the Epistles of St Paul, the Epistles to the Hebrews and the Prologue of the Acts of Aposles (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 104r-133v: The Gospels of St Mark (imperfect, beginning in 15:40), St Luke and St John followed by the Epistles of St Paul, the Epistles to the Hebrews and ending with the prologue to the Acts; beginning: '[Mag]dalene et Maria Iacobi minoris, Joseph mater et Salome', ending: 'anim...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 7 E VI

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A X, ff 1-62
Title:: Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii; Passio Sancti Albani; Vita Sancti Runwoldi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-53r: Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii (Life of St Johannes Eleemosynarius), including a preface (ff. 1r-2r) and capitula (ff. 2r-3v). ff. 53r-55v: Passio Sancti Albani (Passion of St Alban). ff. 55v-61v: Vita Sancti Runwoldi (Life of St Runwold) with a prologue (ff. 55v-56r...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 13 A X

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A X, ff 63-103
Title:: Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti; Homelia in natale Sancti Machutis; Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Contents: The earliest version of the Voyage of St Brendan is contained in the life of Saint Malo (who was his scholar) in this manuscript, adapted by Bili, a deacon of Aleth (now Saint Malo, Brittany) for Ratuili, Bishop of Aleth (c. 866). ff. 63r-98r: Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti (Life...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 13 A X

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 15 A XVI, ff 1r-73v
Title:: Juvencus, Evangelia, Aldhelm of Sherborne, Enigmata (imperfect); Bede the Venerable, De arte metrica (extract, chapter 25)
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: A table of contents written by different hands including an inscription referring to the Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury, preceded by a medieval pressmark. A seal with a ship at the bottom of the folio. ff. 2r-57r: Juvencus (fl. c. 330), Evangelia (Gospels) with...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 15 A XVI

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 1-36
Title:: Sedulius, Carmen Paschale; Sedulius, hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino; two acrostics poems in praise of Sedulius
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-32v: Sedulius, Carmen Paschale with interlinear Latin glosses and a few interlinear Old English glosses (ff. 5r, 25r, 28r). ff. 32v-34v Sedulius, the hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino. ff. 34v-35r: An acrostic poem in praise of Sedulius (attributed to Liberatus), beginning: 'Sedul...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 37-199
Title:: Bede, De temporum ratione; A collection of Latin verse and short prose texts; Persius, Saturae; Sibylline verses; Life of Persius; Pseudo-Cornutus, Commentary on Persius; Lupus of Ferrières, Quid sit ceroma?
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 37r-v: An anonymous preface on Bede's De temporum ratione. ff. 38r-39r: Preface of De temporum ratione. ff. 39r-40v: Table of chapters for the De temporum ratione. ff. 40v-78v: Bede, De temporum ratione (imperfect, ends at chapter 29). ff. 79r-102v: A collection of Latin vers...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX

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