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1. Cotton MS Nero A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII
Title:
Lanfranc, Epistolae; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae; Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; Bretha Nemed toísech
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made out of three parts of different origins, written at different times. The first part (ff. 1-112) was produced in England, probably at Rochester, or Normandy in the last quarter of the 11th century and contains the Epistolae (Letters) of Lanfranc (b. 1005 , d. 108...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1075-c 1571
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157
Title:
Córus bretha neimhedh
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 132r-157v: Córus bretha neimhedh (Judgments of Privileged Classes’) (imperfect), written by the scribe Matha O Luinín. Decoration: Several large initials with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in black and red ink. Numerous small initials in black with red highlighting.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish, Old
Date Range:
1571
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

3. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112
Title:
Lanfranc of Canterbury, Epistolae; Epitaph for Lanfranc; A recipe for making red and blue dye; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae (imperfect at the end)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-39v: Lanfranc of Canterbury (b. 1005 , d. 1089), Epistolae (Letters). f. 40r: Epitaph for Lanfranc, beginning: ‘hic tumulus claudit’. f. 40v: A recipe for making red and blue dye. ff. 41r-112v: Anselm of Canterbury (b. 1033, d. 1109), Epistolae (imperfect at the end). Decoration: Nu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

4. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131
Title:
Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; excerpts from William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum, Agobard of Lyons, De Picturis et Imaginibus and Iunianus Iustinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus’ lost Historiae Philippicae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 113r-120r: Henry of Saltrey (fl. c. 1184), Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Treatise on Saint Patrick's Purgatory), beginning: ‘Patri suo in Christo praeoptato H, abbati de Sartis’. ff. 120r-122v: Alexander of Canterbury (fl. 1109), Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselm (On the Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII