Legendary (April–June), comprising: Osbern of Canterbury, Uita, passio et translatio sancti Elphegi (1r–13r: BHL 2518–19); Eadmer of Canterbury, Uita et miracula sancti Anselmi (13r–44r: BHL 526–27, 534); Passio sancti Epipodii (44r–45v: BHL 2574); Passio sancti Georgii (45v–47r: BHL 3375); Passio sancti Alexandri (47r–48r: BHL 279, 2575); Passio sancti Marci euangeliste (48r–49v: compare BHL 5276); Caesarius of Arles, Sermones ccviii, cxliv (49v–50v); Hugh of Cluny, Uita sancti Hugonis abbat...
Scope & Content:
Dated: last quarter of the 12th century; 1st quarter of the 13th century (249r–v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
This is a composite manuscript made up of two separate volumes: Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1, containing a collection of hagiographical texts and Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, which contains a continuation of the texts in Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1 and the De Abbatibus (About the Abbots) by Aethelwulf ...
Contents: f. 1r: Vita S. Marie Magdalene (Life of St Mary Magdalene), continued from Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1. ff. 1r-6v: Vita S. Audoeni (The Life of St Auduin). ff. 6v-9r: Gennadius of Marseilles (fl. late 5th century), Vita S. Hieronymi (The Life of St Jerome). ff. 9r-10r: Pseudo-Sebasti...
Contents: ff. 158r-166v: Æthelwulf (fl. 9th century), De Abbatibus (On the Abbots). f. 166r: ‘Hieronimus Dicit de Situ Babylonis’ (Jerome Says about the Location of Babylon), beginning: 'Babylonem fuisse potentissimam’. f. 166v: ‘Orosius Autem hoc Modo Refert de Eadem Ciuitate’ (Orosius Writ...