William of Wycombe, Speculum uite Roberti Herefordensis episcopi (2r–28r); genealogy of the lords of Brecknock (28r–30r: Dean 9); history of Llanthony Priory and Lanthony Secunda Priory (31r–53v)
Aelred of Rievaulx, De institutionis inclusarum (2r–43v); Antony the Hermit, Uita sancti Symeonis monachi (43v–53r: BHL 7957); Uita sancte Marine uirginis (53v–56v: BHL 5528); Ps.-Jerome, Liber adhortationum sanctorum patrum (56v–74v); Patrick of Dublin, De tribus habitaculis anime (75r–83r); Caesarius of Arles, De igne purgatorio (83r–85v); De diz comandemenz en la lei (85v–88r); De dusze articles de la fei (88r–89v); De set sacremenz (89v)
Augustinian constitutions of Pope Benedict XII (1335–1342), 1339 (2r–39v); letter of Benedict XII to the English Augustinians, 1339 (40r–41v); statutes of the English Augustinian Chapters, 1325–1404 (41v–62v); Chapter of Leicester, 1518 (63r–70v)
Scope & Content:
Dated: last quarter of the 14th century (2r–62r); 1st quarter of the 15th century (62r–v); 1st quarter of the 16th century (63r–70v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Contents: f. 122r: fragment of Amalarius, Liber de officialis, book III. f. 122v: fragment of a prayer. f. 123v: a note at the head top of the folio. f. 124r: pen trial of the 14th century. An earlier inscription has been erased in the right margin. f. 125v: 11th and 12th century notes. Se...
These folios contain the 'Harleian recension' of Historia Brittonum, copied at Rochester in first half of the 12th century. The remainder of this text is now Royal 15 A XXII. Decoration: Initials in red and green.
Dossier concerning English jurisdiction in Scotland (133r–138r); letter of King Edward I of England (1272–1307) to Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), 1301 (138v–141v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Anglo-Norman French (138v, 141v) Dated: last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century; 1st quarter of the 14th century (138v–141v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
John Beleth, Summa de ecclesiasticis officiis (141r–208r); Tretiz des sept peches mortels (208r–210r: Dean 666); medical receipts (210r–v: Dean 439)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin (141r–208r); Anglo-Norman French (208r–210r); Anglo-Norman French and Latin (210r–v) Dated: middle of the 13th century; last quarter of the 13th century (208r–210v)
Kalendar (44v–50v); Ralph de Diceto, Opuscula (52r–101v); Ralph de Diceto, Abbreuiationes chronicorum (102r–110v); Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophetie Merlini (110v–115v); prophecies (116r–117r); Chronicle of Southwark Priory, AD 1–1240 (120v–146v); Mirabilia urbis Rome (147r–150v); register of Southwark Priory (151r–178r)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 1st quarter of the 13th century with additions to the 15th century (40r–150v); 14th century to the 16th century (151r–178r)