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Container Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Faustina A V

1. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 3–12

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Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 3–12
Title:
Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury; petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury; a letter of Pope John XXII; sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension (macaronic), and All Saints
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-4v: Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury. ff. 4v-6r: Petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury. f. 6r: A letter of Pope John XXII (r. 1316–1334). ff. 6v-12v: Sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
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2. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 13–24

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Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 13–24
Title:
Richard Rolle, Emendatio Vitae
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Contents: ff. 13r-24v: Richard Rolle (b. 1305x10, d. 1349), hermit and religious author, Emendatio Vitae (The Changing of One's Life). Decoration: 1 medium initial in black ink with minor penwork decoration in black and red ink (f. 17r); small (one-line) capitals highlighted in red. Rubrics ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
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3. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 25–98

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Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 25–98
Title:
Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis
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Contents: ff. 24r-97r: Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (Concerning the Beginning of the Church of Durham), including Bede’s Death Song in Old English and written in an imitative Anglo-Saxon vernacular minuscule, beginning: ‘Forþam neodfere nenig wyrtheð’. The manuscript cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
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4. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 99–102

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Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 99–102
Title:
Pseudo-Jerome, De Quindecim Signis ante Diem Iudicii; Liber de Antichristo
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 99r-99v: Pseudo-Jerome [here attributed], De Quindecim Signis ante Diem Iudicii (On The Fifteen Signs before the Day of Judgement). ff. 99v-102r: Anonymous, Liber de Antichristo (Book of the Antichrist), beginning: ‘De antichristo scire volentibus primo dicemus quare sic vocatur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

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5. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 103–106

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Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 103–106
Title:
Sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12 (partially macaronic)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 103r-106v: Anonymous, sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12; including a macaronic section on ff. 105v-106r concerning the Raising of Lazarus. Decoration: No decoration
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

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