James Hall, Account of the Danish expedition to Greenland, 2 May–10 August 1605, including ‘A tophigraphicall discription of the land as I did discover the same’ (7r–v) and ‘The forme and maner of the langage ussid amonges their savage people’ (English–Inuit glossary) (10r–v)
Contents: ff. 112r-112v: The Book of Psalms, excerpt: Psalms 6-7, imperfect at the end. Decoration: 2 medium initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in the opposite colour; small initials in blue or red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
St Augustine of Hippo, De Doctrina Christiana (incomplete)
Scope & Content:
This part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI was part of the same medieval manuscript as Cotton MS Vespasian E IV, ff. 203-210 (see Watson, Savile (1969), pp. 48-49 (no. 158); Tite, The Early Records (2003), p. 230). Contents: ff. 1r-4v: St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430), De Doctrina Christiana (O...
Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos; Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti; Pope Paschal II, Epistolae; A record of the primacy of Canterbury, 1072; Acts of the Council of Rome, 1112
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-32r: Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos (Hypomnesticon Against the Pelagians and Celestinans). ff. 32r-56r: Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit), extracts. ff. 56v-57r, ...
Contents: ff. 61r-90r: 'Aethicus Ister' and Pseudo-Jerome (translator), Cosmographia, imperfect at the beginning and end: the text ends with Aethicus Ister’s alphabet. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 90v: Latin notes, added in the (?) 15th century. [f. 90v is blank]. Decorat...
Computistical tables; Calendar; Computistical treatises; Historia Francorum; Philippe de Thaon, Comput
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 91r-91v: Computistical tables, the second one for the years 1133-1177. ff. 92r-97v: Calendar, adapted for the use of Canterbury. ff. 98r-108v: Computistical treatises. f. 109r: Genealogy of kings in Anglo-Norman, beginning ‘Hic est Istoria Francorum’ (Anglo-Norman). ff. 10...
Book of Genesis, excerpt; De Conceptione Beate Marie Virginis
Scope & Content:
This part was written by two scribes: the first scribe worked in the last quarter of the 14th century or 1st quarter of the 15th century (114r-120v); the second scribe worked in the 1st half of the 15th century (120v-122r). Contents: ff. 114r-120v: Excerpt from the Book of Genesis, excerpt (Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Tables on the weights and measures of coinage in France (2r–3r, 4r–12r, 18v–21r, 23v–40v), with notes relating to coinage in England and elsewhere (3v–4r, 12v–18r, 21v–23r, 24v)
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Language(s): French (2r–3r, 4r–12r, 18v–21r, 23v–40v); English (3v–4r, 12v–18r, 21v–23r, 24v)