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1311. Royal MS 13 A IV

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Royal MS 13 A IV
Title:
Miscellany of theological, grammatical and historical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-8v: Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Summa de coloribus rhetoricis, beginning 'Ars semper eadem quod autem ex arte' (imperfect); ff. 9r-22r: The Metrical Life of Saint Hugh of Lincoln; ff. 22v-23v: Poem on Troy, beginning 'Pergama flere volo fato Danaum data solo'; ff. 24r-24v: Extract ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
13th century to 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

1312. Royal MS 13 A IX

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Royal MS 13 A IX
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'FRANCISCI ROSETI Veronensis Mauris': a Latin hexameter poem, by Francesco Roseti of Verona, on the subject of S. Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins, in three books. Preceded by a dedicatory letter, in Latin prose, to Henry VIII, from which it appears that the poem was conveyed to England by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1532
Extent:
1 item

1313. Royal MS 13 A V

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Royal MS 13 A V
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Scope & Content:
COLLECTION of romantic, historical, and other works, in Latin, viz.: 1. 'Incipit libellus de ortu Alexandri et interfeccione Nectanaby': romance of Alexanderthe Great, the abridgement of Julius Valerius (cf 13 A. i), in 22 chapters marked byinitials (see Ward, Cat of Romances, i, p. 118). Beg. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

1314. Royal MS 13 A VI

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Royal MS 13 A VI
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HISTORIA POST BEDAM: a compilation of English history from 734 to 1148, mainly derived from Simeon of Durham and Henry of Huntingdon, and itself afterwards adopted by Roger of Hoveden as the first portion of his Chronicle. See Stubbs, Chronica Mag. Rog. de Houedene (Rolls Series), i, 1868, pp. 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
1 item

1315. Royal MS 13 A VII

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Royal MS 13 A VII
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Scope & Content:
THEOLOGICAL TREATISES the chronicle of Martinus Polonus, documents relating to Bardney Abbey, &c., in Latin, viz.: 1. Portion of a theological treatise, wanting both the beginning and the end, the opening words being 'coactus tamen uoluit'. The first complete ch. (f. 3 b) is 'De mendacio' a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 item

1316. Royal MS 13 A VIII

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Royal MS 13 A VIII
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'TOTIVS REGNI SCOTIAE noua et diligentissima Descriptio; et Petruccii Vbaldini Florentini studio et diligentia nouiter cognita.' A copy by Petruccio Ubaldino of Florence (see Dict. Nat. Biogr. lviii, p. 1, and cf. 2 B. IX, above) of the 'Scotorum regni descriptio' of Hector Boece, printed in his...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1576
Extent:
1 item

1317. Royal MS 13 A X

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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

1318. Royal MS 13 A X, ff 1-62

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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

1319. Royal MS 13 A X, ff 63-103

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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

1320. Royal MS 13 A XI

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

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