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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15710
Title:: The Life and Miracles of St Francis of Assisi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 3r-247v: The Life and Miracles of St Francis of Assisi by St Bonaventura, in German translation. f. 248r-254v: The Legend of St Francis, attributed in the text to a Friar Bartholomæus, 'do von dem nideren Kriechenland bürtig was, und was do von dem convent Corinthi' (from a mon...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 1478
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15722
Title:: Liturgical hymns and sermons
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a commentary on the penitential Psalms (ff. 1r-35r), dated to 1142 (f. 35r: ‘·cus·xlus·iius’), and a collection of sermons and hymns (ff. 36r-75v), that originate from the first quarter of the thirteenth century. Both parts were written at the Cistercian abbey of Cîteaux...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century - 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 15732
Title:: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a Latin copy of the Historia Regum Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of Britain') by Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154/55), bishop of St Asaph and historian. The work presents a pseudo-historical account of the kings of Britain; it opens with a legend that tells of how B...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16211
Title:: Geʿez-Amharic vocabulary.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 4r-106r. ስዋስው፡ ዘ፡ መሸጋገርያ፡ ወዓዲ፡ መሰላል፡ (Sawāsǝw (general record) ff. 4-20 Gǝʿǝz-Amharic vocabulary ff. 20-33 Arabic-Gǝʿǝz vocabulary ff. 33-34 Explanation of Greek and Hebrew words in Geʿez and Amharic f. 34 Explanation of some words used in the Book o...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1500-1800
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16218
Title:: Synaxarium መጽሐፈ ስንክሳር, Lives of Saints.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1-154. Sǝnkǝssār for the first half of the year Sǝnkǝssār. Sǝnkǝssār for the first half of the year (ff. 1-154) Explicit: (f. 154) ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘተሣየጦ፡ በወርቁ፡ 〚...〛 ከመ፡ ትኵኖ፡ መርሐ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ለመቅደስ፡ 〚...〛 ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ይኩን፡ በአፈ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጰውሎስ፡ ለዓለመ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1500-1847
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16246
Title:: Divination, Amharic treatise on the creation of the world.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff.1r- 23v. The manuscript is largely composed of treatises that are associated with divination. Awda nagaśt, Rules concerning divination, Amharic treatise on the creation of the world. It consists of 30 chapters, each surrounded by 15 lines or sentences con...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16247
Title:: አውደ ነገሥት, ʿAwda nagaśt “Cycle of the kings”.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1r-8v. Various prayers and magic texts. ff. 9r-61v. አውደ፡ ነገሥት። ʿAwda nagaśt “Cycle of the kings” Sixteen circular tables, each subdivided into sixteen parts with questions on various topics. ʿAwda nagaśt, Sixteen "seas" (ባሕር፡), each containing 16 senten...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16414
Title:: Pseudo-Castor of Apt, Epistula ad Cassianum; John Cassian, De Institutis Coenobiorum; John Cassian, Collationes; John Cassian, De Incarnatione Domini Contra Nestorium
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-v: Pseudo-Castor of Apt, Epistula ad Cassianum (Epistle to Cassian). ff. 2r-47r: John Cassian, De Institutis Coenobiorum (Institues of the Monasteries), preceded by the prologue (ff. 2r-v). ff. 48r-193v: John Cassian, Collationes (Collations), preceded by a list of the colla...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16606
Title:: Gregorius the Great, Dialogi; Ephraim the Syrian, Sermons
Scope & Content:: This manuscript from the Benedictine abbey of Stavelot was written during the abbacy of Erlebald (1158-1192) or Gerard (1191-1210). The manuscript originally contained Gregory the Great’s Dialogi (Dialogues), a collection of sermons by Ephraim the Syrian (b. c. 306, d. 373), but a number of shor...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century - 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 16624
Title:: Bhagavata Purana
Scope & Content:: Bhagavata Purana in Sanskrit copied on a roll (65 ft x 3 in) of burnished paper. The text in minute Devanagari writing is illustrated by miniatures depicting Hindu deities and scenes from the life of Krishna. This manuscript was probably made in Rajasthan in the 18th century.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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