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72. Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 1–186
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 1–186
- Title:
- Memoriale Multorum Henrici Prioris
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-186v: Memoriale Multorum Henrici Prioris (The Register of Henry of Eastry, Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1331)). The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 182v: verses on the death of Edward VI, king of England (r. 1553-1558) in a late 16th-century hand, followed ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 14th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Galba E IV
73. Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187–244
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187–244
- Title:
- A collection of scientific texts
- Scope & Content:
- This part of the manuscript contains a number of scientific and medical texts. Among them, there is the earliest surviving copy of the De Aere, Aqua et Regionibus (The Book on Water, Air and the Regions) by Hippocrates (b. c. 460 BC, d. c. 380 BC) and the only extant copy of the chapter entitled...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Galba E IV
74. Cotton MS Nero A II, f 1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A II, f 1
- Title:
- Pseudo-Jerome, Psalter of St Jerome (fragment)
- Scope & Content:
- This single leaf originates from a Book of Hours that was most likely produced in Flanders in the 2nd half of the 15th century. It may have belonged to the same manuscript as f. 2. This leaf was reused as a flyleaf for Cotton MS Nero A II in the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 16...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Nero A II
75. Cotton MS Nero A II, f 2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A II, f 2
- Title:
- Leaf from a Book of Hours, reused as a Cottonian frontispiece
- Scope & Content:
- This single leaf originates from a Book of Hours that was most likely produced in Flanders in the 2nd half of the 15th century. It may have belonged to the same manuscript as f. 1. The leaf was reused as a frontispiece for Cotton MS Nero A II in the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Nero A II
76. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 3–13
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 3–13
- Title:
- Calendar; Computistical texts; Hymns and prayers
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 3r-8v: Calendar, with the so-called Dog Days (dies canicularis). f. 9r: A computistical table. f. 9v: Instructions for the computus, beginning: ‘Si vis scire quot concurrentes in anno sunt’. f. 10r: Instructions for calculating the age of the moon, beginning: ‘Hec sunt .vii.tem...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 11th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Nero A II
77. 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
78. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108
- Title:
- Bede the Venerable, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (excerpt); Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (imperfect); Excerpta de Vita et Miraculis Sancti Cuthberti
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 46r-47r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672/3, d. 735), Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People), Book 4.32 [healing miracle of St Cuthbert]. ff. 47r-85v: Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (Translation and Miracles of St Cuthbert), ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Nero A II
79. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
- Title:
- Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), Comput (Anglo Norman) [added Latin title ‘lib[er] de creaturis’, in a 15th-century script]. ff. 40v-41r: Two short Latin texts on the Computus (beginning ‘In anno quo ciclus’ and ‘Quicumque adventum domini celebrare desiderat’). ff. 41r...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
A part of Cotton MS Nero A V
80. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118
- Title:
- Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 83r-118v: Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis. This part of the manuscript contains a later addition: f. 118v: A list of readings for liturgical feasts (‘oblaciones’) with folio numbers, added in a 13th-century script. Decoration: Medium and smal...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 13th century
- Extent:
-
A part of Cotton MS Nero A V