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1431. Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 18–40

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 18–40
Title:
Old English translation of Felix, Vita sancti Guthlaci
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a prose Old English translation of Felix's Vita S Guthlaci, copied in the third quarter of the 11th century. In the 12th century, an alphabet and the first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin were added to f. 40v. This text was originally copied together with works attribut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI

1432. Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 41–71

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 41–71
Title:
Sedulius, Paschale carmen; Sedulius, Hymnus i; Sedulius, Hymnus ii; Prudentius, Psychomachia (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various hymns and poems, all copied in what is now France or Germany in the first half of the 9th century: ff. 41r–68v: Sedulius, Paschale carmen (Schaller and Könsgen, Initia (1977), no. 11692); ff. 68v–70v: Sedulius, Hymnus i (Schaller and Könsgen, Initia (1977), no. 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI

1433. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 3r-3v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 3r-3v
Title:
Medieval end-leaf, containing historical memoranda
Scope & Content:
This folio contains a medieval end-leaf, with historical memoranda copied in Latin in the 1st half of the 15th century (f. 3r) and in French in the 2nd half of the 16th century (f. 3v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

1434. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

1435. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v
Title:
The 'Nowell Codex', containing a homily on St Christopher; The Marvels of the East; Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Beowulf; Judith
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Nowell Codex', contain several works in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the very late 10th century or the early decades of the 11th century. The hands of two scribes can be distinguished, responsible for writing ff. 94r–175v (line 3) and f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
990s or 1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

1436. Harley MS 1, f 1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1, f 1v
Title:
Table of contents
Scope & Content:
The table of contents includes references to medieval foliation. Its wording shows differences from the description of this manuscript in the extant catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see Barker-Benfield, 2008, p. 1155).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 folio.

1437. Harley MS 1, ff 2r-15v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1, ff 2r-15v
Title:
Alpetragius (Abu Ishaq al-Bitruji al-Ishbili), De motibus caelorum
Scope & Content:
Alpetragius (Abu Ishaq al-Bitruji al-Ishbili), De motibus caelorum, in the Latin translation by Michael Scot (1217). Decoration: 12 astronomical diagrams in ink (ff 6r, 7v, 9r, 9v, 10v, 11r, 12r, 12v, 13r, 13v, 15r, 15v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

13 folios.

1438. Harley MS 1, ff 16r-17r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1, ff 16r-17r
Title:
Thebit ben Corat, De hiis que indigent expositione antequam legatur Almagesti
Scope & Content:
Thebit ben Corat, De hiis que indigent expositione antequam legatur Almagesti.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

2 folios.

1439. Harley MS 1, ff 17r-18v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1, ff 17r-18v
Title:
Thebit ben Corat, De figura sectore
Scope & Content:
Thebit ben Corat, De figura sectore. Decoration: Geometrical diagrams in ink (ff. 17r-18v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

2 folios.

1440. Harley MS 1, ff 19r - 22r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1, ff 19r - 22r
Title:
Thebit ben Corat, De anno solis
Scope & Content:
Thebit ben Corat, De anno solis, in the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona. Decoration: Geometrical diagrams in ink (ff. 19v, 20r, 20v, 21v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

4 folios.

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