Alphabets; Dionysius Exiguus, computistical letter addressed to Boniface and Bonus; fragment of an Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, AD 1113–1114 (imperfect); Runic alphabet; extracts from the Old English translation of Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; runic alphabet; Aldhelm, Epistola ad Heahfridum; Verses on the calendar and other computistical notes; Revelatio beate Hildegardis; (?)John Thwing of Bridlington, Versus prophetiales, with commentary by John Ergome; Verse account of those who...
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This is a composite manuscript composed of fragments bound together in the early modern period. These include: f. 1r-v: early modern table of contents; f. 2r: blank, apart from the inscriptions 'Mitte nob. hist. bede de gestis anglor[um]' (in a 12th-century hand) and 'Bind this... and put 4 ...
Alphabets; fragment of Jerome, De Formis Hebraicarum Litterarum;Dionysius Exiguus, computistical letter addressed to Boniface and Bonus (imperfect)
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This folio contains alphabets or pseudo-alphabets, part of a fragment of Jerome's De Formis Hebraicarum Litterarum (8r), and Dionysius Exiguus's computistical letter addressed to Boniface and Bonus (8r–v: imperfect), copied in the second half of the 8th century.
This folio contains part of a chronicle written in Old English. It covers the end of the entry for 1113 AD and the beginning of the entry for 1114. The leaf has been bound the wrong way round in this manuscript (see Ker, Catalogue (1957), p. 188). Decoration: Initial in red (f. 9v).
Extracts from an Old English translation of Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; runic alphabet
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This folio includes extracts from Book 4, 1, and 2 of an Old English translation of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, copied in the last quarter of the 9th century or 1st quarter of the 10th century. A runic alphabet was added to the verso, with names of a few of the runes. In the l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
These folios contain a copy of Aldhelm's Epistola ad Heahfridum (ff. 3r–7v), copied in the first half of the 11th century. Glosses in Old English were added close to the time the main text was copied (see Ker, Catalogue (1957), no. 149). Decoration: Initial in green with red penwork decoration...
Verses on the calendar and other computistical notes; Revelatio beatae Hildegardis
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These folios contain verses on the calendar and other computistical notes (ff. 12r–16v) and a text entitled Revelatio beatae Hildegardis (ff. 17r–v), copied in the mid-14th century. Decoration: highlights in red (ff. 12r-13r).
? John Thwing of Bridlington, Versus prophetiales, with commentary by John Ergome
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These folios contain one of the earliest copies of the Versus prophetiales, attributed to St John Thwing (or Twenge) of Bridlington, with commentary by John Ergome. It was copied in the late 14th century.
Verse account of those who discovered the Holy Cross; memorandum on King Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–1470, 1471–1483); names of the lordships held by the duke of York.
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This folios, copied in the 2nd half of the 15th century, contain a verse account of those who discovered the Holy Cross in Latin (ff. 84r–v), a memorandum on King Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–1470, 1471–1483) in Latin (f. 85r), and the names of the lordships held by the duke of York in Mid...