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1. Add MS 38818, ff 1-135

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Add MS 38818, ff 1-135
Title:
Palladius, De Agricultura; Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura; Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari;Justinian, Institutiones (extracts)
Scope & Content:
This part was copied by a hand described as 'Continental-looking' (unpublished notes by Michael Gullick). The copy of De Architectura (On Architecture) derives from an English version of the text (see Texts and Transmission (1983), p. 443). Contents: ff. 1r-48v: Palladius (fl. 4th century), D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Add MS 38818

2. Arundel MS 348, ff 1r-101v

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Arundel MS 348, ff 1r-101v
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Inventione; Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-51v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Inventione (On Invention). ff. 51v-101v: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium (The Rhetoric to Herennius). Decoration: Six large decorated initials in brown ink with yellow and red washes, two with zoomorphic features of an animal head, or a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
A part of Arundel MS 348

3. Arundel MS 348, ff 180r-276v

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Arundel MS 348, ff 180r-276v
Title:
Boethius, Commentary on Aristotle's De Interpretatione
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 180r-276v: Boethius, Commentary on Aristotle's De interpretatione (Perihermeneias) (On Interpretation). Decoration: Red and brown or red simple initials. Diagrams with red and some with line-fillers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Arundel MS 348

4. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 1–82

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Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 1–82
Title:
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De architectura; Extracts from Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata ex Sententiis Sancti Augustini; Vitalis's epitaph
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: A page-title written by a modern hand: 'Vitruvius/ Vegetius, de re militari'. f. 2v: Preface of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura followed by a table of chapters numbered in Roman numerals. ff. 3r-82r: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura (About Architecture) (10 b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

5. Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 1–129

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Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 1–129
Title:
Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
This is the only surviving copy of the Old English prose and verse translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, with alternating sections in prose and verse. Parts of the text that are now damaged were recorded in Junius's notebook (Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 12). Both this manuscr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Otho A VI

6. Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 2-34

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Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 2-34
Title:
Prudentius, Psychomachia (illustrated); Poem in praise of St Laurence
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. i verso: Modern notes related to Prudentius: 'Prudentius, poeta, vir Christianus'. f. 1r: An early 14th-century table of contents including modern additions, followed by some lines dedicated to Prudentius. ff. 2r-34r: Prudentius, Psychomachia with drawings (see 'Decoration'), be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Titus D XVI

7. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 86–138

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Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 86–138
Title:
Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i–ii
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 86-138: Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i-ii. Decoration: Initials in red throughout. Display capitals in red (f. 86r). Marginal drawing of heads (ff. 93v, 100v, 106v, 123v). Manicula (ff. 105v, 116v, 122v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

8. Harley MS 2688, ff 23r-46v

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Harley MS 2688, ff 23r-46v
Title:
Quintus Horatius Flaccus's works, including: Epodeae, Carmen saeculare; Epistulae and Satires (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Four works by Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC-8 BC) with marginal and interlinear glosses. Contents: ff. 23r-29r: Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Epodeae (Epode), 8.12-17.81 (imperfect). ff. 29r-30v: Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmen saeculare (Secular hymn). ff. 30v-43v: Quintus Horatius Flaccus, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 2688

9. Harley MS 2688, ff 55r-66v

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Harley MS 2688, ff 55r-66v
Title:
Boethius, De musica (books 1-2)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 55r-66v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), De musica (On music), books 1-2, with marginal glosses, beginning: '[O]mnium quidem percepcio sensum'; ending: 'Nunc voluminis seriem fastidii vitator astringam'. Decoration: Space left for an initial at the beginning of the text. Initials...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Harley MS 2688

10. Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 37-199

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Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 37-199
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; A collection of Latin verse and short prose texts; Persius, Saturae; Sibylline verses; Life of Persius; Pseudo-Cornutus, Commentary on Persius; Lupus of Ferrières, Quid sit ceroma?
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 37r-v: An anonymous preface on Bede's De temporum ratione. ff. 38r-39r: Preface of De temporum ratione. ff. 39r-40v: Table of chapters for the De temporum ratione. ff. 40v-78v: Bede, De temporum ratione (imperfect, ends at chapter 29). ff. 79r-102v: A collection of Latin vers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX

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