These folios contain a chronicle from Noah to Louis the Pious, emperor of Frankia (814–840), beginning 'Noe Cham Canaan' and ending 'Rabanus floruit qui... ipse librum de laude.. composuit.' Folio 29v contains two diagrams of Brutus's descent from Aeneas written in an early modern hand, possibly...
Excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto; Altercatio inter Urbanum et Clementem
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These folios, copied in England in the mid-12th century, include: ff.106r–109r: Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, i.25–27, 29; ff. 109r–110v: Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto; ff. 111r–113v: Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, i.25–27, 29, v.12–14, 16–17; f. 113v: A...
Treatise on heraldry (229r–235v); statutes of the Order of the Garter (236r–243r); treatise on the Order of the Bath (243r–247r); table of contents (247v–248r); (?)carol for victory in France, 1492 (248v: Boffey 306.8)
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Language(s): Anglo-Norman French; Latin (247v–248r); Middle English (248v) Dated: 2nd half of the 15th century; last quarter of the 16th century or 1st quarter of the 17th century (247v–248r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Contents: ff. 1r-36v: a Troper made in England possibly in the mid-11th century, with musical notation. Some feast days were also accompanied by illustrations. Decoration: Miniatures depicting St Stephen (f. 3v), the Ascension (f. 18r), the naming of St John the Baptist (f. 20v), St Peter b...
Old English Translation of Orosius, Historia adversus paganos
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These folios contain a copy of the Old English version of Orosius' Historia adversus paganos, written in the early 11th century. Decoration: large initials in green, followed by rubrics in red or oxidized red (ff. 3r, 18r, 19r, 42v, 63r, 84r, 97r); large initial with foliate details followed by...
Contents: ff. 4r-102r: The Annals of Burton Abbey including the Provisions of Oxford of 1258 in Latin and French (ff. 91r-93v), beginning: ‘Anno ab incarnatione domini Mo.iiiio indictione secunda’. [f. 102v is blank]. Decoration: Numerous large initials in red and blue, some with pen-flouris...
These folios contain an early 14th-century copy of the Historia tripartita compiled by Epiphanius. Decoration: Initials in red and blue with penwork decoration.