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1. Arundel MS 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 36
Title:
Collection of Saints' Lives
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains a collection of saints’ lives and lections from saints’ lives. The manuscript was produced at the Augustian Priory of Kirkham in North Yorkshire, in the first or second quarter after its foundation in the 1120s. Its founder, Walter Espec (d. 1153), also foun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Arundel MS 173

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 173
Title:
Bruno of Segni, De Sacramentis Ecclesiae; collections of patristic and canonical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-22r: A collection of excerpts from works by Church Fathers and theologians. ff. 22r-32r: A collection of excerpts about the baptism of saints from works by Church Fathers and theologians. ff. 32r-51r: A collection of excerpts about the body and blood of Christ and the othe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Arundel MS 213

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 213
Title:
A homiletic and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the works of St Gregory the Great, St Augustine, St Jerome, Caesarius of Arles, Fortunatianus of Aquileia and others.
Scope & Content:
This early 9th-century manuscript is a theological florilegium (or collection of extracts and citations) of moral, exegetical and catechetical material taken from various books of the Bible and the writings of several Church Fathers. The separate entries tend to consist of excerpts from various ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

4. Arundel MS 217

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 217
Title:
St Cyprian, Epistulae and other works; Pseudo-Cyprian, De Duobus Montibus Sina et Sion and Adversus Judaeos;Hrabanus Maurus, De Cena Cypriani
Scope & Content:
This volume preserves a large number of St Cyprian (b. c. 200 d. c. 258)'s Epistulae (Letters) and other works, as well as two anonymous tracts associated with Cyprian's name, the 3rd-century sermon De Duobus Montibus Sina et Sion (On the Two Mountains of Sinai and Sion) and Adversus Judaeos (Ag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

5. Arundel MS 218

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 218
Title:
Adalbert of Metz, Speculum Gregorii; Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job (excerpt); Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de Disciplina Christiana
Scope & Content:
This is one of the dozen identified manuscripts from the Augustinian Priory of St Mary at Guisborough in North Yorkshire. It includes the Speculum Gregorii (Mirror of St Gregory) by Adalbert of Metz (fl. late 10th century). The Speculum Gregorii was one of the most popular florilegia (collection...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

6. Arundel MS 235

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 235
Title:
Hugh of Langres, Commentarius in Psalmos; Interpretatio Alphabeti Hebraici
Scope & Content:
This late 11th-century manuscript contains a commentary on the Psalms by the theologian Hugh of Langres (d. 1050), Bishop of Langres, and an allegorical interpretation of the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The script and initials, according to Michael Gullick (unpublished notes), s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

7. Arundel MS 241

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 241
Title:
Pseudo-Athanasius, De Trinitate
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was most likely produced in the 10th or early 11th century (ex info. Michael Gullick; but dated to the 2nd quarter of the 9th century by Bischoff, Katalog, II (2004), no. 2414). It contains a collection of three of the works that are commonly referred to by the title De Trinitate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century-Early 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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