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1. Cotton MS Julius A II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A II
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; Disticha Catonis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 3 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): ff. 2-9: Bede, De temporum ratione, books lxvi–lxx (imperfect), 1st quarter of the 12th century; ff. 10-135: Ælfric, Grammar (10r–120v: imperfect), Ælfric, Glossary (120v–130v); a grammatical treatise,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid-11th century to 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 2–9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 2–9
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione
Scope & Content:
Contents: Bede, De temporum ratione, books lxvi–lxx (imperfect). Decoration: Numbers and initials in red, some with penwork decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex, 8 folios

3. Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 10–135

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 10–135
Title:
Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; grammatical treatise
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 10r–120v: Ælfric, Grammar ( imperfect); ff. 120v–130v: Ælfric, Glossary; ff. 131r–135v: Grammatical treatise, beginning ‘Sum verbum substantium’. Decoration: Initials in red, some with penwork decoration in the same colour. Numerous small initials with penwork decoration in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex, 125 folios

4. Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 136–144

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 136–144
Title:
Metrical prayer; Adrian and Ritheus; Disticha Catonis
Scope & Content:
Contents (see Walbers, 'Numbers and Measurement' (2012), table II.10) : ff. 136r–137r: Fragment of a metrical prayer;' beginning, 'Æla drihten leof. æla dema god' (Dobbie, Minor Poems (1942), p. 94); ff. 137v–140r: Dialogue between Adrian and Ritheus; f. 140v: Notes on the names of the two ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codes, 9 folios

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