Moralium dogma philosophorum (Bloomfield 3095): mid 13th century; Latin; origin France; owned by (?)Nicholas Wilson, last quarter of the 16th century or 1st quarter of the 17th century; (?)Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617); Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
Leaf of the Breviary of Margaret of York, duchess of Burgundy (d. 1503), by the Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy, dating from c. 1475-1480. Incorporated is a mounted papyrus fragment of Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in Evangelia (TM 66296), dating from the last quarter of the 6th century or the...
A frontispiece composed of fragments excised from two manuscripts: A miniature of David at prayer probably from the Breviary of Margaret of York (c. 1475-1480), now Cambridge, St John’s College, MS. H.13. Further fragments excised from this volume and reused in other Cotton manuscripts include:...
The four Gospels ('Athelstan' or 'Coronation' Gospels)
Scope & Content:
The four Gospels with prefatory texts. The detailed contents are as follows: 1. Jerome, Epistula ad Damasum (ff. 3r-5v); 2. Prologue to the Gospels (ff. 5v-8r); 3. Letter from Eusebius to Carpianus (ff. 8r-9r); 4. Jerome, Epistula ad Damasum, II (ff. 9r-9v); 5. Argumentum Evangelii secundum...
John Tynemouth, Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae
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ff. 2r–5v: List of contents; ff. 6r–13r: Sts Edward the Confessor; ff. 13r–14r: Wulsin (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 8754); ff. 14r–15v: Adrian (BHL 3741); ff. 15v–17v: Aelred of Rievaulx (BHL 2645); ff. 17v–22v: Kentigern (BHL 4648); ff. 22v–25r: Fursey (BHL 3218); ff. 25r–26v: Henry the he...
This folio contains Augustine of Hippo, De consensu euangelistarum (iii.25, imperfect). It was formerly folded in two and formed part of the binding of Cotton MS Cleopatra A III.