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Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 12 D IV
Title:: A calendar with computus tables; Helperic of Auxerre, De computo, Bede the Venerable, De temporum ratione and Bede the Venerable, Epistola ad Wicthedum de aequinoctio vel de paschae celebratione
Scope & Content:: Contents: This manuscript consists of a calendar followed by computus tables and works related to the reckoning of time: Helperic of Auxerre, De computo, Bede the Venerable, De temporum ratione and Bede the Venerable, Epistola ad Wicthedum de aequinoctio vel de paschae celebratione. Helperic'...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 12 E XX
Title:: A commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorism attributed to Aptalio; Galen, De arte curativa ad Glauconem; Pseudo-Galen, Ad Glauconem liber tertius; Liber Aureliani; Liber Esculapii; De podagra; Pseudo-Oribasius, commentary on Hippocrates's Aphorims;Medicina Plinii; Gargilius Martialis, Medicina ex oleribus et pomis; Liber dietarum diversorum medicorum; Excerpt from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; an anonymous Antidotary; and medical charms and recipes
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-32r: A commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorism attributed to Aptalio and based on an early translation of Hippocrates's work dating to the 6th century, beginning: 'Incipit expositio Aptalionis in .vii. libros Aforismorum Ypocratis. Vita brevis ars autem prolixa, tempus vero velox'....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A X
Title:: Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii; Passio Sancti Albani; Vita Sancti Runwoldi; Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti; Homelia in natale Sancti Machutis; Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (fragment).
Scope & Content:: Contents: This manuscript consists of two parts (ff. 1-62; 63-103) probably bound together in the early modern period (see Provenance). Part one is from the 4th quarter of 12th century. ff. 1r-53r: Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii (Life of St Johannes Eleemosynarius). ff. 53r-55v: Passio ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 10th century-12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A X, ff 1-62
Title:: Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii; Passio Sancti Albani; Vita Sancti Runwoldi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-53r: Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii (Life of St Johannes Eleemosynarius), including a preface (ff. 1r-2r) and capitula (ff. 2r-3v). ff. 53r-55v: Passio Sancti Albani (Passion of St Alban). ff. 55v-61v: Vita Sancti Runwoldi (Life of St Runwold) with a prologue (ff. 55v-56r...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 13 A X

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A X, ff 63-103
Title:: Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti; Homelia in natale Sancti Machutis; Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (fragment)
Scope & Content:: Contents: The earliest version of the Voyage of St Brendan is contained in the life of Saint Malo (who was his scholar) in this manuscript, adapted by Bili, a deacon of Aleth (now Saint Malo, Brittany) for Ratuili, Bishop of Aleth (c. 866). ff. 63r-98r: Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti (Life...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:: Part of Royal MS 13 A X

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A XI
Title:: Miscellany of works on computus and astronomy
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Helperic of Auxerre, Computus preceded by a prologue (f. 1r) and capitula (f. 1v). ff. 12v-13r: Dies Egyptiaci (Egyptian days). ff. 13r-14r: Computus material including Ciclus annalis, De horis mensium and De singulis horis in die quomodo mensurantur cum pedibus with a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 11th century-12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A XXII
Title:: Paul the Deacon, Historia Langobardorum; Excerpt from Frechulf of Lisieux, Chronica; An added poem on the preservation of St Bertin's abbey at St Omer
Scope & Content:: Contents: This manuscript consists of the Historia Langobardorum (History of the Lombards) by Paul the Deacon (d. 799) followed by an excerpt from the Frechulf of Lisieux's Chronicle describing the Ethiopian conquest including Moses's birth, and a poem relating to the preservation of the Benedi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 A XXIII
Title:: Ado of Vienne, Chronicon sive Breviarium de sex mundi aetatibus; A list of Roman emperors from West and East; A list of dukes of Normandy; Genealogia regum Francorum
Scope & Content:: Contents: This manuscript contains a chronicle written by Ado of Vienne (d. 874), archbishop of Vienne, focusing on the relationships between Frankish kings and Bavarians. It also includes lists of emperors and dukes of Normandy in addition to a genealogy of Frankish kings. This manuscript may ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: A Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 D VI
Title:: Excerpt from St Jerome, De viris illustribus; Josephus Flavius, Antiquitates iudaicae (books 1-14)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is the first volume of a two volume-set containing Flavius Josephus (b. 37, d. c. 98)'s Antiquitates Iudicae (Antiquities of the Jews). It is preceded by an excerpt on Flavius Josephus from St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 420)'s De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). The second volu...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 13 D VII
Title:: Josephus Flavius, Antiquitates Iudicae; Josephus Flavius, De Bello Iudaico
Scope & Content:: Contents: This manuscript is the second volume of a two volume-set containing Josephus Flavius's Antiquitates Iudicae. The first volume is Royal MS 13 D VI and contains books 1-14 of the work written by Josephus. This manuscript consists of the last books, 15-20, and includes Josephus's De Bell...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

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