De gestis Britonum et Anglorum,attributed to Peter of Ickham, with continuations
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a history of the kings of Britain and England, beginning 'Non solum audiendis scripturae sacrae', which has been attributed to Peter of Ickham, with further continuations into the 14th century. There are at least three phases of continuation, and one set of changes of scribe...
Hildebert of Lavardin (Le Mans), Carmina (2r–34r), including Uita metrica sancte Marie Aegyptiace (2v–8v: BHL 5419; Walther 18159); unidentified scientific text (34v: incomplete)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 2nd half of the 12th century (2r–34r); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century (34v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Prayers (166r–167v); Hildebert of Lavardin (Le Mans), Carmina lxxi (167v–168v: Walther 834); Bede, Uersus de die iudicii (168v–171v: Walther 9456); Eadmer of Canterbury, De beatitudine celestis patrie (171v–172v: incomplete)
Historical collections of Francis Thynne (d. 1608), including a history of Tewkesbury Abbey to AD 1476 (210r–224v); Chronicle of Lichfield (229v–254r); Chronicle of Little Dunmow Priory, AD 1104–1501 (281r–287r); and materials relating to Whalley Abbey (315r–328v)