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1. Arundel MS 348, ff 1r-101v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 348, ff 1r-101v
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Inventione; Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-51v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Inventione (On Invention). ff. 51v-101v: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium (The Rhetoric to Herennius). Decoration: Six large decorated initials in brown ink with yellow and red washes, two with zoomorphic features of an animal head, or a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
A part of Arundel MS 348

2. Arundel MS 348, ff 102r-179v

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 348, ff 102r-179v
Title:
Thierry of Chartres, Commentary on Cicero's De inventione
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 102r-179v: Thierry of Chartres, Commentary on Cicero's De Inventione (On Invention), ending imperfect (see the catchword on f. 179v). Decoration: Marginal drawings including faces, hands, busts, and animals (e.g., ff. 109v, 110v, 123v). Some of these drawings are for catchwords...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
A part of Arundel MS 348

3. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 91–142

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 91–142
Title:
Boncompagnus da Signa, Boncompagnus; Bernard of Meung, Ars Dictaminis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 91r-130v: Boncompagnus da Signa (b. c. 1165, d. c. 1240), Boncompagnus, beginning: 'Boncompagnus nomine compositoris appellator'. ff. 131r-142v: Bernard of Meung (fl. 1133), Ars Dictaminis (The Art of Writing). Decoration: Rubrics and headings in red (ff. 91r-130v). The ink c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

4. Harley MS 4967, ff 77r-193v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4967, ff 77r-193v
Title:
Liber Catonianus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 77r-77v: A damaged fragment from an unidentified manuscript. ff. 78r-185v, 192r-193v: Liber Catonianus, with marginal and interlinear glosses, beginning: 'Lux beata'. The manuscript contains later additions: ff. 186r-191v: John of Garland (d. after 1258), Synonyma (The Synonyms...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1250-1250
Extent:

A part of Harley MS 4967

5. Royal MS 15 A XVI, ff 1r-73v

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