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381. Egerton MS 2901

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2901
Title:
Collectio Francofortana with glosses
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an anonymous collection of papal decretals known as Collectio Francofortana (The Frankfurt Collection) with marginal glosses. This is one of the only four surviving copies of the Collectio Francofortana. The manuscript was produced either in France or England, but it was...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

382. Egerton MS 2951

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2951
Title:
Robert Partes, Poems; Peter Riga, Floridus aspectus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the unique witness of the poems of Robert Partes (fl. c 1170), and also includes the collection of short poems, known as the Floridus Aspectus (Appearance of Flowers), by Peter Riga(b. c 1140, d. 1209). The volume was probably produced in the Benedictine abbey of Reading, wher...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

383. Egerton MS 2951/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2951/1
Title:
Medieval binding
Scope & Content:
Contents: Former covers of Egerton MS 2951, now kept separately. The covers consist of a folded bifolium from a 14th-century manuscript of the Gospel of St John; the bifolium contains chapters 9-10 with glosses. Decoration: Large initial in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in blue o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
Former covers of Egerton MS 2951

384. Egerton MS 3031

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3031
Title:
The Cartulary of Reading Abbey
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Cartulary of Reading Abbey, including, among other miscellaneous items, a list of its books and those of its cell at Leominster. Produced at Reading in the early 1190s, the manuscript has later additions up to the reign of Henry III (r. 1216-1272). Contents: ff. 3r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1190-1199
Extent:

A parchment codex

385. Egerton MS 3055

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3055
Title:
Suetonius, De vita Caesarum; Ausonius, Caesares
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars) by the Roman historian Suetonius (b.c. 69 , d. c. 122) and the poem Caesares (Emperors) by Ausonius (b. c. 310, d. c. 395). Contents: f. 1v: Epitaphs in couplets dedicated to Julius Caesar, to the Roman emperor Nero, to a ‘certain ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

386. Egerton MS 3089

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3089
Title:
Gregory the Great, Dialogi
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the four books of the Dialogi (Dialogues) written in 593-594 by Pope Gregory I (b. c. 540, d. 604), commonly known as St Gregory the Great. The Dialogues discuss the miracles and prophecies of holy men in 6th-century Italy, especially those of Benedict of Nursi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

387. Egerton MS 3314

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3314
Title:
Computational and astronomical notes; prognostics
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century scientific manuscript originally formed a single volume with Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff. 120-53 (see Willetts, 'A Reconstructed Astronomical Manuscript from Christ Church Library, Canterbury' (1965), 22-30). It contains a large collection of computistical, astronomical, and pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

388. Egerton MS 3721

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3721
Title:
Kalendar; St Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana (excerpts); St Augustine, De Trinitate;De Duodecim Lapidibus (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two parts (ff. 1-8v; ff. 9-86) that were produced at the Benedictine abbey of St Alban at St Albans, and bound together at an early date (see Thomson, Manuscripts from St Albans (1982), p. 92). The scribe of ff. 1-8 copied the St Albans Psalter (Hildesheim, Dombibli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

389. Egerton MS 3760

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3760
Title:
Cistercian Gospel Lectionary
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript from France contains Gospel readings (lections) for the moveable liturgical feasts for events related to Easter (Temporale) and the immovable liturgical feasts for Christmas and the saints (Sanctorale). Its original contents and additions suggest that the manuscript ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

390. Egerton MS 3775

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3775
Title:
St Augustine, De Consensu Evangelistarum
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains De Consensu Evangelistarum (The Harmony of the Gospels) by St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430). The manuscript was most likely produced at the Benedictine abbey of Westminster, but was certainly owned by the Abbey in the 13th century. It is one of five ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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