This folio contains a medieval end-leaf, with historical memoranda copied in Latin in the 1st half of the 15th century (f. 3r) and in French in the 2nd half of the 16th century (f. 3v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century-2nd half of the 16th century
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
The 'Nowell Codex', containing a homily on St Christopher; The Marvels of the East; Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Beowulf; Judith
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Nowell Codex', contain several works in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the very late 10th century or the early decades of the 11th century. The hands of two scribes can be distinguished, responsible for writing ff. 94r–175v (line 3) and f...
